2023 Most Popular 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking.

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 “Most Well Attended Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. To top this list, a school must have a successful Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students.

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General at Washington University in St Louis

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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