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2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 428 people earned their degree in other economics, making the major the 585th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 89 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in other economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Economics in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s other economics degrees to qualified students.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $17,220 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Economics students with aid per year to attend UD.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Economics at University of Delaware

#2

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #2 spot on the list. Canisius is a small school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 6 bachelors’s other economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Canisius also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Canisius is $19,222 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other economics students with aid.

Read more about Other Economics at Canisius

#3

Barnard College

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barnard College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Barnard College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s other economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Barnard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $28,204 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other economics students with aid per year to attend Barnard College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Economics at Barnard

#4

Westminster College Pennsylvania

New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. New Wilmington, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other economics degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Westminster New Wilmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $20,172 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Economics students with aid per year to attend Westminster New Wilmington.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Full Westminster College Pennsylvania Other Economics Report

#5

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington & Jefferson College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s other economics degrees in 2019-2020.

W&J also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Washington & Jefferson College is $26,427 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Economics students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Other Economics at Washington & Jefferson College

#6

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

Catholic University of America came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s other economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $34,230 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Economics students with aid per year to attend CUA.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Economics at Catholic University of America

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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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