2022 Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

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 Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in classical and ancient studies, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $21,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 8 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great classical and ancient studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the classical and ancient studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The classics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$30,281 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin and Marshall College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

Franklin and Marshall not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Franklin and Marshall is $30,281 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree classics students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive 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.

Read full report on Classical & Ancient Studies at Franklin and Marshall

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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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