2023 Most Popular Colleges for Labor Studies in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$34,500
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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 “Most Well Attended Labor Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Labor Studies is the 938th most popular major in the country with 171 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 24 labor studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Labor Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in labor studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular labor studies programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Labor Studies Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region labor studies students.
Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Labor Studies in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Labor Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Labor Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s labor studies degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Labor Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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