by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 1,737 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 201st most popular in the United States. In , insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $57,764 and had an average of $21,443 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 28 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,649 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in insurance. That schools that top this list have a program in insurance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 9 masters’s insurance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cambridge College landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s insurance degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Insurance Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 masters’s insurance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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