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2022 Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 458 people earned their degree in Russian language and literature, making the major the 620th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 37 Russian language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 Russian language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in Russian language and literature. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Russian language and literature programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Russian language and literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree russian language students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Russian Language & Literature in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s Russian language degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Russian Language students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 89%.

Read more about Russian Language & Literature at University of Missouri - Columbia

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 5 bachelors’s Russian language degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Russian Language students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Russian Language & Literature at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 10 bachelors’s Russian language degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,145 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Russian Language students per year to attend University of Iowa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Russian Language & Literature at Iowa

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. SLU is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s Russian language degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SLU is $28,188 for plains states region bachelor’s degree russian language students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The 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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SLU Russian Language & Literature Report

#5

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. St Olaf College is located in Northfield, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Russian language degrees to qualified students.

St. Olaf not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St. Olaf is $23,543 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Russian Language students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Russian Language & Literature at St. Olaf

#6

Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Grinnell College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Russian Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Grinnell, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Russian language students in 2019-2020.

Grinnell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Russian Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grinnell is $22,486 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Russian Language students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Russian Language & Literature at Grinnell

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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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