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2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
218 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Sciences is the 339th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 244 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Johns Hopkins is $8,210 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $18,879 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Natural Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $14,918 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.

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#4

Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Newburgh, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2019-2020.

Mount Saint Mary also took the #4 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mount Saint Mary is $18,636 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Mount Saint Mary College

#5

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Hempstead, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $30,662 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Hofstra.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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