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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 352nd most popular major in the country with 1,279 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 87 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics programs and cost less that 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 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6

Southwestern University

Georgetown, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Southwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Georgetown, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.

Southwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern is $25,470 for southwest region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#7

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Trinity University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.

Trinity U also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity University is $24,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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

  • *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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