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2023 Best Value Classics Schools in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics Schools in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Classical & Ancient Studies is the 309th most popular major in the country with 275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $26,214 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 28 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.

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 in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region classics students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the Southeast Region

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Classics Schools in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 9 ’s classics degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Vanderbilt University is $19,970 for southeast region classics students.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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