2023 Most Focused Colleges for History and Language/Literature

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History and Language/Literature is the 1458th most popular major in the country with 0 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on History and Language/Literature Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history and language/literature. That schools that top this list have a program in history and language/literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on History and Language/Literature Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for history and language/literature students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for History and Language/Literature

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Averett University
Danville, Virginia

$45,340 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,789 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on History and Language/Literature Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Danville, Virginia, and it awarded 0 ’s history and language/literature degrees in 2020-2021.

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Modesto Junior College
Modesto, California

$42,887 Average Early-Career Earnings

$7,546 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Modesto Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on History and Language/Literature Major list. Modesto Junior College is a fairly large public school situated in Modesto, California. It awarded 0 ’s history and language/literature degrees in 2020-2021.

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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%.

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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.