2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region
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In 2020-2021, 1,267 people earned their degree in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics, making the major the 376th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 245 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics. That schools that top this list have a program in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree classical languages students.
Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the Southeast Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s classical languages students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Tulane University of Louisiana General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 10 masters’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 2 masters’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region. University of Virginia is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 2 masters’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees 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 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Report
University of Georgia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Duke University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 3 masters’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s classical languages students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *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.
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