Other Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #138 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of other education. Combined, these schools handed out 151 bachelor's degrees in other education to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other education students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt other education students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other education students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Education in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other education.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Education
Roberts Wesleyan College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in other education. Roberts Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Rochester.
Soon after graduating, other education bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $35,712 at the beginning of their careers.
It's difficult to beat Westminster College Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other education. Located in the rural area of New Wilmington, Westminster New Wilmington is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the other education program report average early career earnings of $42,047.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).