by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Insurance is the 201st most popular major in the country with 1,809 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New England region, there were 37 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,649 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in insurance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in insurance.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree insurance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s insurance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, 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 Cambridge College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region. Cambridge College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region list. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 14 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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