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

5 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Classical & Ancient Studies is the 300th most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Plains States region, there were 38 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in classical and ancient studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent classical and ancient studies programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree classics students list, UNL has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kansas is $18,918 for plains states region bachelor’s degree classics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #4 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Iowa is $19,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree classics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 1 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree classics students list, Creighton has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $31,400 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Classical & Ancient Studies at Creighton

#5

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $26,869 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Classics students per year to attend WUSTL.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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