2023 Most Well Attended Classics Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 275 people earned their degree in classical and ancient studies, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States. 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 Texas, 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 $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Classics Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in classical and ancient studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in classical and ancient studies.

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Most Well Attended Classics Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in Texas

1

Rice University
Houston, Texas

#1 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Classics Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

Full Rice Classical & Ancient Studies Report

2

Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Waxahachie, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Classics Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waxahachie, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Classical & Ancient Studies Report

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular 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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