2023 Best Value Colleges for Folklore Studies

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Folklore Studies Schools” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Folklore Studies is the 1138th most popular major in the country with 44 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Folklore Studies Schools

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Folklore Studies Schools.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Folklore Studies

1

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$13,257 Average Net Price

$42,623 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 10 ’s folklore studies degrees in 2020-2021.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Folklore Studies Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $13,257 for Folklore Studies students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full USU Folklore Studies Report

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$14,619 Average Net Price

$44,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Folklore Studies Schools list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified ’s folklore studies students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Folklore Studies Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IU Bloomington is $14,619 for folklore studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, 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

$18,047 Average Net Price

$37,110 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools 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 6 diplomas to qualified ’s folklore studies students in 2020-2021.

UO also took the #2 spot in our “Best Folklore Studies Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oregon is $18,047 for folklore studies students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Folklore Studies at UO

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.

Credits

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