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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
366 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 594 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,067 and $32,218 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 366 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in New York (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. SUNY Empire is a fairly large public school situated in Saratoga Springs, New York. It awarded 102 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Empire is $12,142 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at SUNY Empire

#2

Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colgate University landed the #2 spot on the list. Colgate is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hamilton, New York. It awarded 23 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree education students with aid list, Colgate has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colgate University is $25,834 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Education at Colgate

#3

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara University landed the #3 spot on the list. Niagara University is a small school located in Niagara University, New York that handed out 137 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree education students with aid list, Niagara has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Niagara is $20,019 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Full Niagara University General Education Report

#4

Concordia College - New York

Bronxville, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia College - New York. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Concordia College - New York is located in Bronxville, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree education students with aid list, Concordia College - New York has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia College - New York is $23,531 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Full Concordia College - New York General Education Report

#5

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. STAC is a small school located in Sparkill, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

STAC also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $20,274 for new york bachelor’s degree education students with aid per year to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College.

Read full report on General Education at St. Thomas Aquinas College

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

With a ranking of #6, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 20 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse is $34,482 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Syracuse

#7

New York University

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

New York University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New York University is $39,772 for new york bachelor’s degree education students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full New York University General Education Report

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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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