If you're seeking a degree in western european studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1064 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for western european studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 59 degrees in western european studies to qualified students.
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Your choice of western european studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Western European Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Western European Studies Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Take an in-depth look at Europe's history through the prism of religion, politics, warfare and culture with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Best Schools for Western European Studies in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the western european studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Georgetown University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in western european studies. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 western european studies students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in western european studies. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. This university ranks 2nd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 21 western european studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Every student pursuing a degree in western european studies has to look into Fordham University. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bronx. This university ranks 7th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 13 western european studies students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of western european studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Western European Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
