by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,641 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 181 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 child development 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 Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in child development. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in child development.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bowie, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Child Development at Bowie State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manor College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Manor College is a small school located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Bonaventure University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Saint Bonaventure, New York, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2020-2021.
Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Child Development Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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