by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Portuguese is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 86 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
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 “Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Portuguese. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in Portuguese.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree portuguese students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Military Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in West Point, New York, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Rutgers University - Newark is a fairly large school located in Newark, New Jersey that handed out 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Read full report on Portuguese at Rutgers University - Newark
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 Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Portuguese students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on Portuguese at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Portuguese Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the #4 spot on the list. Queens College is a public institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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