by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 583 people earned their degree in sports studies, making the major the 557th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 23 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in sports studies. That schools that top this list have a program in sports studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The sports studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree sports studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports studies students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sports Studies Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s sports studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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