by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 California, there were 39 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in California” 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.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in California” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree classics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend La Sierra University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in California. This small school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s classics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s classics degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
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