2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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Classical Languages & Literature is the 204th most popular major in the country with 1,446 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, classical languages and literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $27,104 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 291 classical languages and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,237 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 248 classical languages and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 21 colleges that offered a degree in classical languages and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality classical languages and literature programs that also have a lower cost than 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 classical languages and literature 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 Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
Top 21 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical Languages & Literature in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Greensboro is $12,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Classical Languages & Literature Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 15 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida State University is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary Washington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UMW is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.
UMW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,907 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students per year to attend UMW.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, 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 Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.
UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UF is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UGA also took the #11 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Arkansas Classical Languages & Literature Report
University of North Carolina at Asheville ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Asheville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
UNCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Asheville is $12,061 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
Mercer University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Mercer University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Macon, Georgia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.
Mercer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mercer University is $21,464 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,352 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students per year to attend UNC Chapel Hill.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Classical Languages & Literature at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Classical Languages & Literature at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.
UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of South Carolina - Columbia is $20,509 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Classical Languages & Literature at University of South Carolina - Columbia
College of Charleston ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. College of Charleston is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
C of C also took the #20 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for College of Charleston is $19,000 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
Full College of Charleston Classical Languages & Literature Report
William & Mary came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.
William & Mary also took the #4 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,800 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students per year to attend William & Mary.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Sewanee - The University of the South did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. Sewanee is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sewanee, the school also landed the #17 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sewanee is $30,474 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, 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 87%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.
University of Virginia also made our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Virginia is $20,397 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Classical Languages & Literature at University of Virginia
Furman University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Furman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $30,861 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students per year to attend Furman.
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. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Full Furman University Classical Languages & Literature Report
With a ranking of #17, Emory University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Emory is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Emory University Classical Languages & Literature Report
University of Richmond did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in University of Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s classical languages degrees in 2019-2020.
URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Richmond is $25,838 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
With a 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Full University of Richmond Classical Languages & Literature Report
Washington and Lee University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Washington and Lee University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lexington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Washington and Lee also made our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,615 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students per year to attend Washington and Lee University.
The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Duke University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.
Duke also made our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Duke University is $27,020 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classical Languages students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The 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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Wake Forest University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Classical Languages Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s classical languages students in 2019-2020.
Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Forest University is $29,990 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classical languages students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full Wake Forest University Classical Languages & Literature Report
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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%.
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- *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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