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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for European Studies in the Southeast Region

3 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 175 people earned their degree in European studies, making the major the 955th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 26 European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in European studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality European studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the European studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for European Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #2 spot in our “Best European Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,352 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree European Civilization students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill European Studies Report

#2

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Richmond. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s European civilization degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best European Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Richmond is $25,838 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree European Civilization students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The impressive 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. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on European Studies at URichmond

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value European Civilization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s European civilization degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best European Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vanderbilt is $19,432 for southeast region bachelor’s degree european civilization students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about European Studies at Vanderbilt University

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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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