by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Housing Major in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Housing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New York, there were 14 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,156 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Housing Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in housing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in housing.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Housing Major in New York”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Housing Major in New York list. City Tech is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 14 ’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Housing Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s housing degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
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