2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 2,449 people earned their degree in learning sciences, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 90 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in learning sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in learning sciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Wilson College
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilson College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s learning sciences students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Wilson

2

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, Maryland

Top 15% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Global Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Adelphi, Maryland, this large public school awarded 54 degrees to qualified masters’s learning sciences students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMGC Learning Sciences Report

3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

Top 15% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 4 masters’s learning sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Learning Sciences at American University

4

Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Learning Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #4 spot on the list. New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s learning sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Wilmington University Learning Sciences Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps.