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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.
Dispute Resolution is the 296th most popular major in the country with 648 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, dispute resolution graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $50,878 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 165 dispute resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,215 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 dispute resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dispute resolution. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dispute resolution.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s dispute resolution degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dispute resolution degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yeshiva University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dispute resolution degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bronx, New York, and it awarded 5 masters’s dispute resolution degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Excelsior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dispute Resolution Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s dispute resolution students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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