2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Central & Eastern European Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 77 people earned their degree in Central and Eastern European studies, making the major the 1041st most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 24 Central and Eastern European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 Central and Eastern European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in Central and Eastern European studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Central and Eastern European studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Central & Eastern European Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Colgate University
Hamilton, New York

#13 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colgate University landed the #1 spot on the list. Colgate is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hamilton, New York. It awarded 3 bachelors’s Central and Eastern European studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Colgate Central & Eastern European Studies Report

2

Union College New York
Schenectady, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Union College New York is located in Schenectady, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Central and Eastern European studies degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Central & Eastern European Studies at Union College New York

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Central & Eastern European Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s Central and Eastern European studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Full Carnegie Mellon Central & Eastern European Studies Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Central & Eastern European Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.