by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Teaching English or French is the 140th most popular major in the country with 5,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, teaching English or French graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,917 and had an average of $20,920 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 655 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,771 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 513 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teaching English or French. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teaching English or French.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s English or French students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 483 degrees to qualified masters’s English or French students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Read more about Teaching English or French at Western Governors University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s English or French students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Teaching English or French at Utah State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 11 masters’s English or French degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on English or French Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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