by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,871 people earned their degree in rhetoric and composition, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 504 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 456 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in rhetoric and composition. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in rhetoric and composition.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Montevallo landed the #1 spot on the list. Montevallo is a small public school situated in Montevallo, Alabama. It awarded 24 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 225 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Richmond is a small school located in University of Richmond, Virginia that handed out 20 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 65 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s rhetoric and composition students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Valley State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Georgia Southern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. GaSou is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia College & State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Georgia College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 11 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
East Tennessee State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region ranking. East Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 16 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
Marshall University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. Marshall University is a fairly large school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 11 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Jackson State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. Jackson State is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 4 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
Clark Atlanta University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region ranking. CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to qualified students.
University of Central Florida ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Kentucky did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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.
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Methodist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
With a ranking of #14, Columbus State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Columbus, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s rhetoric and composition students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, Bob Jones University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s rhetoric and composition degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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