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2022 Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

8 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 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 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 5,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,478 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Queens College

Queens, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Queens College is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 24 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

QC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $3,067 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students per year to attend Queens College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Cortland also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,705 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students per year to attend SUNY Cortland.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salisbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Salisbury, Maryland, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Salisbury is $19,617 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor students.

The low 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%.

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#4

SUNY Oswego

Oswego, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Oswego. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Oswego also took the #5 spot in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Oswego is $15,665 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

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#5

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Bible College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lancaster Bible College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It awarded 7 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $22,349 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students per year to attend Lancaster Bible College.

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#6

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, New York
#3 in overall quality

Molloy College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Molloy College is located in Rockville Centre, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

Molloy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $29,374 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor students per year to attend Molloy.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#7

Roberts Wesleyan College

Rochester, New York
#6 in overall quality

Roberts Wesleyan College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Roberts Wesleyan is a small school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 2 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students list, Roberts Wesleyan has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roberts Wesleyan is $23,569 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor students.

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#8

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York
#7 in overall quality

Niagara University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Niagara University, New York, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

Niagara also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Niagara University is $20,019 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor students.

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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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