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2022 Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k

4 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$43,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

African Studies is the 823rd most popular major in the country with 246 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 61 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in African studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African studies 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 African studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree african studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for African Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Dickinson College

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s African studies students in 2019-2020.

Dickinson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best African Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Dickinson is $29,452 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree African Studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges landed the #2 spot on the list. The Colleges is a small school located in Geneva, New York that handed out 4 bachelors’s African studies degrees in 2019-2020.

The Colleges not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best African Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Colleges is $32,940 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree African Studies students whose families make more than $110k.

The impressive 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Barnard College

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Barnard College landed the #3 spot on the list. Barnard College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s African studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Barnard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Barnard College is $28,204 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree african studies students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Barnard African Studies Report

#4

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue African Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vassar College landed the #4 spot on the list. Vassar College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. It awarded 2 bachelors’s African studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Vassar did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best African Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Vassar is $26,208 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree African Studies students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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