2023 Most Focused Colleges for European Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 155 people earned their degree in European studies, making the major the 997th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 7 European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in European studies. That schools that top this list have a program in European studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for European Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

#3 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$46,470 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,330 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 6 ’s European civilization degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU European Studies Report

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University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, Colorado

#22 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$40,180 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,901 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on European Civilization Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 1 ’s European civilization degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on European Studies at University of Northern Colorado

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.