by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 741 people earned their degree in environmental design, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, environmental design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,901 and had an average of $21,331 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 97 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,069 and $24,308 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in environmental design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The environment design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Delaware Valley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryland Institute College of Art. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. MICA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Design at University at Buffalo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Marywood University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environment design degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Environmental Design at Stony Brook University
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Design at Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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