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2022 Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Latin Language & Literature is the 1026th most popular major in the country with 76 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 14 Latin language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 Latin language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in Latin language and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Latin language and literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Latin language and literature 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 Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin Language & Literature in the Southeast Region

#1

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Latin students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree latin students list, Mercer has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Latin Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree latin students per year to attend Mercer University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Latin Language & Literature at Mercer University

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Latin degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Latin Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emory University is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Emory University Latin Language & Literature Report

#3

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the #3 spot on the list. URichmond is a private not-for-profit institution located in University of Richmond, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Latin Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend URichmond is $25,838 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 93%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Latin Language & Literature at University of Richmond

#4

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Latin degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree latin students list, Wake Forest University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Latin Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wake Forest University is $29,990 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Wake Forest University Latin Language & Literature Report

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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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