2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis is the 699th most popular major in the country with 368 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 110 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis. That schools that top this list have a program in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moore College of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Moore College of Art and Design Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Report

2

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryland Institute College of Art. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Maryland Institute College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Maryland Institute College of Art Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis 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.

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