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2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$21,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Latin American Studies is the 526th most popular major in the country with 718 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 121 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Latin American studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Latin American studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Latin American 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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Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin American Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 6 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students per year to attend UNC Charlotte.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at UNC Charlotte

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 4 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students list, UNC Chapel Hill has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $12,352 for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at UNC Chapel Hill

#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UofL is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisville is $16,867 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin American Studies students.

Read more about Latin American Studies at UofL

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $21,048 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin American Studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Latin American Studies at George Mason University

#5

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students list, Emory has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin American Studies students per year to attend Emory.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full Emory Latin American Studies Report

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $37,841 for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students.

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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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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