by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 770 people earned their degree in environmental design, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States. In , environmental design graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,901 and had an average of $19,534 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 121 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,069 and $17,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 environmental design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in environmental design. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree environment design students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryland Institute College of Art. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Maryland Institute College of Art is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 10 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Maryland Institute College of Art Environmental Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 76 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Design at University at Buffalo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Marywood is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s environment design degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #5 spot on the list. Stony Brook University is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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 1.0% 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 full report on Environmental Design at SUNY Stony Brook
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 7 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Environmental Design at Rutgers New Brunswick
Carnegie Mellon University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environment design students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Cornell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environment Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s environment design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate 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. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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