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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Portuguese 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.

Portuguese is the 995th most popular major in the country with 84 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 11 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Portuguese. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Portuguese programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Portuguese program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$5,248 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgetown is $5,248 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Georgetown University Portuguese Report

#2

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$8,916 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Portuguese Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Portuguese degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $8,916 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Portuguese students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Columbia University in the City of New York.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read full report on Portuguese at Columbia University in the City of New York

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Portuguese (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro.

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