2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Humanities is the 37th most popular major in the country with 22,314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 21 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 18 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 18 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Mary. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region. College of Saint Mary is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Humanities at Saint Mary
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Saint Scholastica. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full St. Scholastica Humanities Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region list. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Webster University Humanities Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region. Washington University in St Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Humanities at WUSTL
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Kansas State University
University of Kansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full KU Humanities Report
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMN Twin Cities Humanities Report
University of Mary landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Humanities at UMary
Bemidji State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Bemidji State University is a small public school situated in Bemidji, Minnesota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Bemidji State University Humanities Report
Northwest Missouri State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Humanities at Northwest Missouri State University
Tabor College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Hillsboro, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Humanities Report
University of Northern Iowa came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Humanities at University of Northern Iowa
Northwestern College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking. NWC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Orange City, Iowa. It awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Humanities at NWC
Iowa Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Humanities at Iowa Wesleyan
Concordia College at Moorhead ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Read more about Humanities at Concordia College at Moorhead
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Seward, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Concordia University, Nebraska
Waldorf University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Waldorf is located in Forest City, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
Full Waldorf University Humanities Report
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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
- *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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