by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southeast region, there were 55 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in literature. That schools that top this list have a program in literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ave Maria University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ave Maria, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Adventist University is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 4 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Davidson College landed the #5 spot on the list. Davidson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Davidson, North Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Florida Southern College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida Southern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 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%.
Duke University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Piedmont College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region list. Piedmont College is a small school located in Demorest, Georgia that handed out 0 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Johnson University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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