by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
Humanities is the 37th most popular major in the country with 22,314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 156 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. That schools that top this list have a program in humanities in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Air Force Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USAFA is a public institution located in USAF Academy, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Humanities at United States Air Force Academy
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, 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 92%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. BYU - I is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rexburg, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read full report on Humanities at Brigham Young University - Idaho
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #4 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 9 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Humanities at University of Colorado Boulder
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
University of Wyoming came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Utah Valley University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Utah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Fort Lewis College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Fort Lewis College is a public institution located in Durango, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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