by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,789 people earned their degree in labor and industrial relations, making the major the 315th most popular in the United States.
Across New Jersey, there were 212 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in labor and industrial relations. That schools that top this list have a program in labor and industrial relations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seton Hall University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in South Orange, New Jersey, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s labor relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 148 degrees to qualified bachelors’s labor relations students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Rutgers New Brunswick Labor & Industrial Relations Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rider University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in New Jersey list. Rider University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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