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2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Latin American Studies is the 526th most popular major in the country with 718 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 32 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Latin American studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Latin American studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Latin American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin American Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $26,869 for plains states region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students with aid per year to attend WUSTL.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Duluth is $17,067 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin American Studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at University of Minnesota - Duluth

#3

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #3 spot on the list. Northfield, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

St. Olaf did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $23,543 for plains states region bachelor’s degree latin american studies students with aid per year to attend St. Olaf.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at St. Olaf

#4

Carleton College

Northfield, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carleton College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Latin American Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees to qualified students.

Carleton also made our “Best Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Carleton College is $31,133 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Latin American Studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Latin American Studies at Carleton College

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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