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In 2020-2021, 43,003 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,182 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,457 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 90 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in elementary education.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree elementary teaching students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Medaille College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Medaille College is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 102 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan College of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. MCNY is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 90 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara University landed the #3 spot on the list. Niagara is located in Niagara University, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 72 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Niagara University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Potsdam. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. SUNY Potsdam is a public institution located in Potsdam, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rosemont College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 9 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Sarah Lawrence College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Sarah Lawrence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bronxville, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Sarah Lawrence College
Nazareth College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rochester, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Manhattanville College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Purchase, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 ranking of #9, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Clarion University is a public institution located in Clarion, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Clarion University of Pennsylvania Elementary Education Report
With a ranking of #10, Bank Street College of Education did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bank Street College of Education is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 11 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Bank Street College of Education
Le Moyne College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Le Moyne College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hunter College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #12. Hunter is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 139 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
McDaniel College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The College of New Jersey landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Frostburg State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Drew University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 11 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
With a ranking of #17, Buffalo State did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
Marywood University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Marywood is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Canisius College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 16 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Canisius College
LIU Post ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Brookville, New York. It awarded 55 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Brooklyn College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #21. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 60 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mercy College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and it awarded 34 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Mount St Mary’s University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It awarded 8 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
SUNY Plattsburgh landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Plattsburgh, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Read full report on Elementary Education at SUNY Plattsburgh
Pace University - New York came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 44 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
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