by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Cultural Studies & Analysis is the 300th most popular major in the country with 405 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, cultural studies and analysis graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,036 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 43 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in cultural studies and analysis. That schools that top this list have a program in cultural studies and analysis in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 11 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Jackson, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Cultural Studies & Analysis at Union University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s culture studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culture Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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