by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Literature is the 264th most popular major in the country with 683 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 8 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region list. Cornell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, 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 Dordt University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region. Dordt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region list. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #4 spot on the list. SMU MN is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 1 bachelors’s literature 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Dakota Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southwest Minnesota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Marshall, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.
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Southwestern College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Southwestern College is located in Winfield, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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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