2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 23,605 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 810 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 262 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities programs and cost less that 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 humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
Top 15 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Southeast Region
Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students list, USF Tampa has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for USF Tampa is $8,355 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
UCF also took the #3 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students list, Harding has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Harding University is $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 107 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida State University is $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #5 spot on the list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Marshall University is $8,370 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern is $14,149 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
Columbia International University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
CIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CIU is $18,004 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UA Little Rock is $14,906 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
Lander University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Greenwood, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.
Lander University also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $12,981 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students per year to attend Lander University.
With a ranking of #10, Coastal Carolina University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Conway, South Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.
Coastal Carolina University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Coastal Carolina University is $14,749 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Chattanooga also took the #13 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Chattanooga is $12,952 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
Read full report on Humanities at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Bluefield State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Bluefield State College is located in Bluefield, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students list, Bluefield State College has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluefield State College is $8,367 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
With a ranking of #13, University of Louisville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 12 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
UofL also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisville is $16,867 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Bob Jones University also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #14. The yearly cost to attend Bob Jones University is $12,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low 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%.
Emory University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students list, Emory has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Emory University is $23,734 for southeast region bachelor’s degree humanities students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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%.
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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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