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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,709 people earned their degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management, making the major the 268th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 326 crisis/emergency/disaster management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 crisis/emergency/disaster management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their crisis/emergency/disaster management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Canton landed the #1 spot on the list. Canton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Immaculata University landed the #2 spot on the list. Immaculata University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 3.5% 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 Rowan University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Paul Smiths, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management students in 2020-2021.
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Adelphi University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Adelphi University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Garden City, New York. It awarded 6 bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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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Thomas Jefferson University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Thomas Jefferson University Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Report
George Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized school located in Millersville, Pennsylvania that handed out 33 bachelors’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Millersville University of Pennsylvania Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Report
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