by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General English Literature is the 24th most popular major in the country with 40,481 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,881 and had an average of $23,769 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,678 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,754 and $22,801 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,418 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 38 colleges that offered a degree in general English literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general English literature.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree english students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Lewis College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. FLC is a public institution located in Durango, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 15 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naropa University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Naropa is a small school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 6 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Colorado University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Gunnison, Colorado, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 38 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s English degrees to 65 students in 2020-2021.
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Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 143 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Montana State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 60 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 General English Literature at Montana State University
Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized school located in Pueblo, Colorado that handed out 16 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #9, The University of Montana - Western did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. The University of Montana - Western is located in Dillon, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #10, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 116 bachelors’s English degrees 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%.
Full Utah State University General English Literature Report
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General English Literature at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The College of Idaho did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #12. The College of Idaho is a small school located in Caldwell, Idaho that handed out 4 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Read more about General English Literature at The College of Idaho
With a ranking of #13, University of Wyoming did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Wyoming is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 46 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 University of Montana landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. The University of Montana is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.
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Westminster College Utah landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This small school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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.
Full Westminster College Utah General English Literature Report
University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #16. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 128 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Colorado Mesa University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado Mesa University General English Literature Report
With a ranking of #18, Brigham Young University - Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 96 bachelors’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General English Literature at Brigham Young University - Idaho
With a ranking of #19, University of Northern Colorado did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Northern Colorado General English Literature Report
Adams State University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Adams State University is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.
Northwest Nazarene University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s English degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #22, Dixie State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Dixie State University is a public institution located in Saint George, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General English Literature at Dixie State College
University of Utah did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #23. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s English degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #24, Boise State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Boise State University General English Literature Report
United States Air Force Academy did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on English Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #25. USAFA is a public institution located in USAF Academy, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full United States Air Force Academy General English Literature Report
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