by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 German Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Germanic Languages is the 222nd most popular major in the country with 1,425 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, Germanic languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,443 and had an average of $24,646 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 387 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,743 and $22,485 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Germanic languages. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Germanic languages program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree german students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Germanic Languages at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s German degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington Germanic Languages Report
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Germanic Languages at Wayne State University
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Germanic Languages at Ohio State University - Main Campus
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s German students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 ranking of #6, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 3 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northwestern University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Chicago came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 1 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Germanic Languages at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
With a ranking of #11, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s German students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s German degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at Kent State University at Kent
DePaul University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s German degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
University of Toledo did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s German students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at University of Toledo
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