by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Informatics is the 246th most popular major in the country with 2,726 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 725 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 165 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in informatics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in informatics.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree informatics students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Albany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 138 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 20 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Allegheny College landed the #4 spot on the list. Allegheny College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #5 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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 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%.
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