by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Insurance is the 325th most popular major in the country with 1,809 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 309 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in insurance. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in insurance.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Peter’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s insurance degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s insurance degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s insurance degrees to 159 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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