2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Publishing is the 303rd most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 149 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,867 and $58,687 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in publishing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality publishing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the publishing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Publishing in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$18,182 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. McDaniel College is a small school located in Westminster, Maryland that handed out 1 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend McDaniel is $18,182 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full McDaniel College Publishing Report

#2

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$25,724 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Susquehanna University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

Susquehanna did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Susquehanna University is $25,724 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree publishing students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

Full Susquehanna Publishing Report

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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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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