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

4 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 34 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree classics students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree classics students list, UGA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Classical & Ancient Studies at University of Georgia

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s classics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,734 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classics students per year to attend Emory.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Classical & Ancient Studies at Emory

#3

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. URichmond is a small school located in University of Richmond, Virginia that handed out 4 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

URichmond also took the #3 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend URichmond is $25,838 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classics 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. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Richmond Classical & Ancient Studies Report

#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vanderbilt is $19,432 for southeast region bachelor’s degree classics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 Vanderbilt University

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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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