by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Texas, there were 94 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in Germanic languages. That schools that top this list have a program in Germanic languages in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. Trinity U is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 undergraduate 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at Trinity University
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southwestern University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Georgetown, Texas. It awarded 1 ’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, 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 97%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. Located in Irving, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s German students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 9 ’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #7 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Baylor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas ranking. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 ’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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 5 ’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 2 ’s German degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Austin Community College District did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #11. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
Full Austin Community College District Germanic Languages Report
Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on German Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #12. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s German degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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