by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 683 people earned their degree in literature, making the major the 264th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,788 and had an average of $26,372 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 33 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in literature.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree literature students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hanover College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Hanover is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hanover, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #2 spot on the list. UM Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Calvin University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Northern University landed the #4 spot on the list. ONU is a small school located in Ada, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bradley University is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Eastern Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 5 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
Antioch College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s literature students 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.
Illinois Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s literature degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Findlay did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Findlay is a small school located in Findlay, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Judson University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Judson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elgin, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Blackburn College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Blackburn is a small school located in Carlinville, Illinois that handed out 0 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Lake Superior State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s literature degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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