2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General is the 936th most popular major in the country with 182 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General in the Plains States Region

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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, 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 94%.

Full Washington University in St Louis Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Report

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General at University of Kansas

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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

• *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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