2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) in New York

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In 2020-2021, 686 people earned their degree in regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign), making the major the 1160th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 12 regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign). That schools that top this list have a program in regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) in New York

1

Houghton College
Houghton, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houghton College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in New York list. Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Houghton College Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) Report

2

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

#2 overall quality in New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)

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.