2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the Southwest Region

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 4 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in classical and ancient studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their classical and ancient studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the Southwest Region

1

Rice University
Houston, Texas

#1 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Rice Classical & Ancient Studies Report

2

Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Waxahachie, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Southwest Region. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is located in Waxahachie, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.

Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Classical & Ancient Studies Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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