by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,809 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 201st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,764 and had an average of $24,058 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 309 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,602 and $25,701 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. That schools that top this list have a program in insurance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree insurance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Peter’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s insurance students in 2020-2021.
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 159 masters’s insurance 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 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. St John’s University - New York is located in Queens, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 masters’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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