by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 44 people earned their degree in folklore studies, making the major the 1138th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 folklore studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in folklore studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their folklore studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree folklore studies students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s folklore studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s folklore studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s folklore studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Folklore Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 3 masters’s folklore studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Folklore Studies Major. UC Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 3 masters’s folklore studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read full report on Folklore Studies at University of California - Berkeley
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