2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Folklore Studies (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 38 people earned their degree in folklore studies, making the major the 1104th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 folklore studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in folklore studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great folklore 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 folklore studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree folklore studies students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Folklore Studies (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$15,386 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Harvard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Folklore Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,386 for bachelor’s degree folklore studies students with aid per year to attend Harvard.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Harvard Folklore Studies Report

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$13,253 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large public school situated in Bloomington, Indiana. It awarded 10 bachelors’s folklore studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Folklore Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,253 for bachelor’s degree folklore studies students with aid per year to attend Indiana University - Bloomington.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Folklore Studies Report

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$16,461 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s folklore studies students in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Folklore Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,461 for Bachelor’s Degree Folklore Studies students with aid per year to attend UO.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Folklore Studies at University of Oregon

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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