by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 302 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,369 and had an average of $23,582 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 14 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,156 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 housing 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 Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in housing. That schools that top this list have a program in housing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The housing 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree housing students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York City College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Housing at New York City College of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s housing degrees to 0 students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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