2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in the Plains States Region
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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 “Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 964 people earned their degree in comparative literature, making the major the 434th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 13 comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in comparative literature. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in comparative literature.
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Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree comparative literature students.
Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate 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 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Comparative Literature at WUSTL
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Iowa Comparative Literature Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Comparative Literature Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Comparative Literature Report
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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
- *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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