by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 90 people earned their degree in Chinese studies, making the major the 997th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 32 Chinese studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 Chinese studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Chinese studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in Chinese studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehouse College landed the #1 spot on the list. Morehouse is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Furman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Richmond. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region. URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chinese Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Chinese studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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