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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

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 “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking.

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 the New England region, there were 53 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in classical and ancient studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality classical and ancient studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the classical and ancient studies 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 Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the New England Region

#1

Saint Anselm College

Manchester, New Hampshire
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Anselm College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s classics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree classics students list, St. Anselm College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Anselm College is $32,781 for new england region bachelor’s degree classics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Classical & Ancient Studies at Saint Anselm College

#2

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Holyoke College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Mt. Holyoke is a small school located in South Hadley, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

Mt. Holyoke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $27,149 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students per year to attend Mt. Holyoke.

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%. 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 Mount Holyoke College

#3

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colby College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Waterville, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s classics degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Colby did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colby College is $17,777 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Classical & Ancient Studies at Colby

#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston U is $30,259 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full Boston University Classical & Ancient Studies Report

#5

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s classics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $29,392 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students per year to attend Brown.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Brown University Classical & Ancient Studies 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

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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