by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 485 people earned their degree in child advocacy and policy, making the major the 649th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 292 child advocacy and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in child advocacy and policy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in child advocacy and policy.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major” 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 bachelor’s degree child advocacy students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 221 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child advocacy students in 2020-2021.
Full Purdue University Global Child Advocacy & Policy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major. RIC is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highline College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major list. Highline College is a small school located in Des Moines, Washington that handed out 12 bachelors’s child advocacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Edmonds Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Edmonds Community College is a public institution located in Lynnwood, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Child Advocacy & Policy at Edmonds Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major list. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read more about Child Advocacy & Policy at Texas Christian University
Boston University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major ranking. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 bachelors’s child advocacy 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 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, Chatham University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child advocacy students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Manor College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major ranking. Jenkintown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s child advocacy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Anderson University Indiana landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major ranking. Anderson, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s child advocacy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Anderson University Indiana Child Advocacy & Policy Report
Montclair State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child Advocacy Major ranking. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child advocacy degrees to 32 students 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%.
Read more about Child Advocacy & Policy at Montclair State University
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