2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,868 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 435 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in women’s studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular women’s studies programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate”.
Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s women’s studies students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. Stony Brook University is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at Stony Brook University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s women’s studies degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
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 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 Women’s Studies at UMCP
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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
- *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.
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