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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 336 people earned their degree in political economy, making the major the 665th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 106 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 political economy 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 Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in political economy. That schools that top this list have a program in political economy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Old Westbury landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Old Westbury is a small school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 44 bachelors’s political economy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, 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 Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s political economy students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Salle University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. La Salle is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Muhlenberg College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s political economy students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Juniata College landed the #4 spot on the list. Juniata College is a small school located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s political economy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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