2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) is the 1160th most popular major in the country with 580 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5 regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign). The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign) program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Houghton College
Houghton, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houghton College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Houghton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) at Houghton

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

#6 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign students in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Full Columbia Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) 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 Karl Udo Gerth.