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2022 Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 33 people earned their degree in Scandinavian studies, making the major the 1162nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 Scandinavian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Scandinavian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Scandinavian studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Scandinavian studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Scandinavian Studies (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Scandinavian studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $13,297 for Bachelor’s Degree Scandinavian Studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Scandinavian Studies at UW Seattle

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,708 for Bachelor’s Degree Scandinavian Studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Scandinavian Studies at UW - Madison

#3

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Scandinavian studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Los Angeles is $14,279 for Bachelor’s Degree Scandinavian Studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #4 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s Scandinavian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #4 spot in our “Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State Mankato is $16,221 for bachelor’s degree scandinavian studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Scandinavian Studies at Minnesota State Mankato

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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