2022 Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Rhetoric & Composition is the 232nd most popular major in the country with 2,482 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 25 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality rhetoric and composition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the rhetoric and composition program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree rhetoric and composition students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition in the New England Region

#1

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$29,321 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Rhetoric and Composition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lewiston, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Bates also took the #1 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $29,321 for new england region bachelor’s degree rhetoric and composition students per year to attend Bates.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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