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2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

8 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Germanic Languages is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Germanic languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,200 and had an average of $22,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 59 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in Germanic languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Germanic languages 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 Germanic languages program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s German degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree German students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Germanic Languages Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WSU is $11,968 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree German students.

Full Weber State University Germanic Languages Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 2 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,634 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students per year to attend Utah State University.

Read full report on Germanic Languages at Utah State University

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Utah is $14,773 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Germanic Languages at University of Utah

#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s German degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students list, Boise State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $15,787 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree German students per year to attend Boise State University.

Read full report on Germanic Languages at Boise State

#6

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#8 in overall quality

The University of Montana did quite well in the 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 3 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students list, UM has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $15,246 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students per year to attend The University of Montana.

Full The University of Montana Germanic Languages Report

#3 in overall quality

University of Colorado Boulder came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #3 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree German students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Germanic Languages at University of Colorado Boulder

#8

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#2 in overall quality

University of Denver did quite well in the 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 5 bachelors’s German degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students list, DU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $32,361 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree german students per year to attend DU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Germanic Languages at DU

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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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