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

9 Ranked Colleges
233 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Education is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,064 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,456 and had an average of $33,666 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 831 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,731 and $48,027 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 233 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other education degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Towson also made our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Towson University is $18,233 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Towson Other Education Report

#2

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 82 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students list, UAlbany has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAlbany is $18,577 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students.

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#3

Roberts Wesleyan College

Rochester, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roberts Wesleyan College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Roberts Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Roberts Wesleyan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $23,569 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students per year to attend Roberts Wesleyan.

Full Roberts Wesleyan Other Education Report

#4

Keystone College

La Plume, Pennsylvania

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keystone College landed the #4 spot on the list. La Plume, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other education degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Keystone College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $25,895 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students per year to attend Keystone College.

Full Keystone College Other Education Report

#5

Westminster College Pennsylvania

New Wilmington, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Westminster College Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster New Wilmington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Westminster College Pennsylvania is $20,172 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Education at Westminster New Wilmington

#6

Elmira College

Elmira, New York
#7 in overall quality

Elmira College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Elmira College is located in Elmira, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s other education degrees to qualified students.

Elmira also made our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Elmira College is $21,330 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#7

Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Arcadia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Glenside, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other education degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Arcadia also made our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Arcadia is $27,189 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#8

Mercyhurst University

Erie, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Mercyhurst University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Mercyhurst University is a small school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 bachelors’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students list, Mercyhurst has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mercyhurst University is $23,886 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students.

Full Mercyhurst University Other Education Report

#9

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #9, Swarthmore College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Swarthmore College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. It awarded 17 bachelors’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students list, Swarthmore has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,184 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other education students per year to attend Swarthmore.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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