2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
A trade school student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
The Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Excelsior University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Excelsior University is located in Albany, New York and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2,668 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
Bachelor’s Degree recipients from Excelsior University accumulate an average of $18,112 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
Since Excelsior University is primarily an online school, it is an excellent choice for undergraduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Out of the 37 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Adelphi, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 7,982 students in 2021-2022.
Students from Maryland who attend UMGC full time pay an average of $7,848 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $12,336. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from UMGC accumulate an average of $22,533 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 47% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 93% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 37 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 1,691 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $12,030 to cover tuition and fees at Wilmington University. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $21,658 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 87% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York City College of Technology is a fairly large public school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 1,416 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $7,320 in tuition and fees if they attend City Tech full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $15,270. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $14,517 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 43% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 96% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley College - New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small private for-profit school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 432 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $27,346 to cover tuition and fees at Berkeley College - New York. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $35,992 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 84% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
SUNY Canton landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree trade school programs. SUNY Canton is located in Canton, New York and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 520 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
Students from New York who attend SUNY Canton full time pay an average of $8,689 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $15,648. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,937 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 82% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
George Washington University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3,466 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend GWU, expect to pay an average of $60,946 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $20,763 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 8% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Alvernia University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Alvernia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 444 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend Alvernia, expect to pay an average of $40,750 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $27,263 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
Around 33% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 838 students in 2021-2022.
Students from New York who attend The Graduate Center full time pay an average of $7,410 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $15,360. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from The Graduate Center accumulate an average of $14,240 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
Berkeley College - Woodland Park landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree trade school programs. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small private for-profit school situated in Woodland Park, New Jersey. It awarded 387 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park, expect to pay an average of $27,138 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $32,535 in student loans. Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Immaculata University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Immaculata is a private not-for-profit institution located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 311 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $27,750 to cover tuition and fees at Immaculata. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,940 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 49% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Rider University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 800 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Rider does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $37,200. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $24,203 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 22% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Rowan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. Rowan University is a fairly large public school located in Glassboro, New Jersey that handed out 4,242 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Rowan is $14,952. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $24,345. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $21,143 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 55% took at least some of their classes online.
Peirce College landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree trade school programs. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 167 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
Peirce does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $15,060. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $32,443 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
Peirce is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Roberts Wesleyan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 375 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $36,124 to cover tuition and fees at Roberts Wesleyan. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,805 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 49% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree trade school programs. SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 495 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at SUNY Poly is $8,578. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $19,338. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,027 in student loans. Around 36% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 81% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #18, Central Penn College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Central Penn is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania and has a very small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 175 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $19,404 to cover tuition and fees at Central Penn. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $32,481 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 68% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Towson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #18 on the list. Towson is a fairly large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 4,692 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Towson is $10,818. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $26,820. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from Towson accumulate an average of $19,046 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Alfred State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #20 on the list. Alfred State College is a small public school located in Alfred, New York that handed out 440 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students from New York who attend Alfred State full time pay an average of $8,862 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $15,942. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,498 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 44% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 34% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Carlow University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 291 students in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend Carlow, expect to pay an average of $33,500 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $25,868 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 86% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 8,485 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $16,263 in tuition and fees if they attend Rutgers New Brunswick full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $33,963. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,837 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 52% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
SUNY Empire State College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, the medium-sized public school handed out 2,036 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at SUNY Empire is $7,630. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $17,540. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,832 in student loans. Around 69% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 87% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Upstate Medical University landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree trade school programs. Located in Syracuse, New York, the small public school awarded 99 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
Students from New York who attend SUNY Upstate Medical University full time pay an average of $8,083 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $17,993. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $15,791 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 95% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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