2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Near & Middle Eastern Studies is the 609th most popular major in the country with 428 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Near and Middle Eastern studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Near and Middle Eastern studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,869 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s Middle East studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Near & Middle Eastern Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $26,869 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Middle East Studies students with aid per year to attend Washington University in St Louis.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full WUSTL Near & Middle Eastern Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies (With Aid)

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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