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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,401 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 210 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their family and community services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The family and community services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 108 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UMCP Family & Community Services Report
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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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