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Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 589 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 284 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 36 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stonehill College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Easton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Massachusetts. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Located in Norton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Wheaton College Massachusetts
Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Michael’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Colchester, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region. Keene State is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 17 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Presque Isle came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of Maine at Presque Isle
With a ranking of #7, Bridgewater State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Bridgewater State is a medium-sized public school situated in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It awarded 52 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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Thomas College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Gordon College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Gordon College is a small school located in Wenham, Massachusetts that handed out 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Emmanuel College Massachusetts did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s secondary teaching 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%.
With a ranking of #11, Salve Regina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Salve Regina University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newport, Rhode Island. It awarded 12 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Salve Regina University
Connecticut College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #12. Connecticut College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New London, Connecticut. It awarded 5 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Western Connecticut State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Western Connecticut State University is located in Danbury, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
University of Maine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Elms College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, Lasell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Lasell is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newton, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Rhode Island came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #18, Merrimack College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Merrimack College is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 7 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Merrimack College
With a ranking of #19, Champlain College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Champlain College is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 7 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Maine at Fort Kent did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #20. UMFK is a public institution located in Fort Kent, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s 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%.
Salem State University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Salem State is a public institution located in Salem, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Salem State University
Boston College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region list. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Middlebury College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. Middlebury is located in Middlebury, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Husson University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 2 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees 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%.
University of New England came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the New England Region ranking. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 3 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of New England
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