by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 86 people earned their degree in Portuguese, making the major the 1010th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 12 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in Portuguese. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Portuguese program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Military Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. West Point is a public institution located in West Point, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large school located in Newark, New Jersey that handed out 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees to qualified students.
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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #4 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Portuguese degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Portuguese students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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