2023 Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 14 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,156 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in housing. To top this list, a school must have a successful housing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region housing students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Housing in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, New York

$43,192 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,805 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. City Tech is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 14 ’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Housing at City Tech

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

$65,907 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,079 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 0 ’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Housing at Cornell

2

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$47,012 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,152 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Temple is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Housing at Temple University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

$52,217 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,640 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Housing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 0 ’s housing 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Housing at University of Maryland - College Park

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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