2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in general publishing, making the major the 733rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 149 general publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general publishing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general publishing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general publishing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$19,823 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Susquehanna University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Susquehanna University is a small school located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania that handed out 18 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Susquehanna also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,823 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree publishing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Susquehanna.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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.

Read full report on General Publishing at Susquehanna University

#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$7,365 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McDaniel College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Westminster, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

McDaniel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for McDaniel College is $7,365 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full McDaniel College General Publishing Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing (Income $0-$30k)

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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