2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin Language & Literature in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 63 people earned their degree in Latin language and literature, making the major the 1069th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1 Latin language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 Latin language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Latin language and literature. That schools that top this list have a program in Latin language and literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin Language & Literature in the Plains States Region

1

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

#15 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Latin degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Read full report on Latin Language & Literature at University of St Thomas Minnesota

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s Latin degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Latin Language & Literature at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s Latin degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 85%.

Read more about Latin Language & Literature at UNL

2

St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

#19 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s Latin degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Latin Language & Literature at St. Olaf

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin Language & Literature

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

• *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.