by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 32,731 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,603 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,162 and $23,666 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree history students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Beaver County landed the #2 spot on the list. Monaca, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Butler County Community College is a small school located in Butler, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Union County College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cranford, New Jersey, and it awarded 4 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Empire State College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Empire State College is a medium-sized school located in Saratoga Springs, New York that handed out 2 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Luzerne County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Luzerne County Community College is located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #7, Suffolk County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Suffolk County Community College is a public institution located in Selden, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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