2025 Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in scandinavian studies. It is ranked #951 out of 1232 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 17 bachelor's degrees in scandinavian studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Scandinavian Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of scandinavian studies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to scandinavian studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other scandinavian studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized scandinavian studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for scandinavian studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Scandinavian Studies Schools

The scandinavian studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Scandinavian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Scandinavian Studies in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in scandinavian studies.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Scandinavian Studies

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

4 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in scandinavian studies. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in scandinavian studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

2 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in scandinavian studies has to check out University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in scandinavian studies from University of California - Los Angeles

3

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in scandinavian studies has to check out University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in scandinavian studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison

Scandinavian Studies by Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Scandinavian Studies

One of 36 majors within the Area Studies area of study, Scandinavian Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Scandinavian Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
American U.S. Studies	840
Asian Studies	634
Area Studies, Other	498
East Asian Studies	340
Latin American Studies	283
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	148
African Studies	110
French Studies	109
Russian Studies	76
German Studies	74

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth. More about our data sources and methodologies.