2023 Most Popular Colleges for Scandinavian Studies in the Great Lakes 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 “Most Well Attended Scandinavian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 24 people earned their degree in Scandinavian studies, making the major the 1252nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 11 Scandinavian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Scandinavian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Scandinavian studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in Scandinavian studies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Scandinavian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region scandinavian studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Scandinavian Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

$50,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,543 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Scandinavian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s Scandinavian studies students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Scandinavian Studies at UW - Madison

2

North Park University
Chicago, Illinois

$49,147 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,294 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Scandinavian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. North Park is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 1 ’s Scandinavian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Scandinavian Studies at North Park

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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.