2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Classical Languages & Literature in the Southwest Region

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Classical Languages & Literature is the 212th most popular major in the country with 1,407 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , classical languages & literature graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,386 and had an average of $23,093 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 119 classical languages & literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 classical languages & literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in classical languages & literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their classical languages & literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree classical languages students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Classical Languages & Literature in the Southwest Region

1

St. John's College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. John’s College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 28 degrees to qualified masters’s classical languages students in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Classical Languages & Literature at St. John’s

2

University of Dallas
Irving, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s classical languages degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Dallas Classical Languages & Literature Report

3

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s classical languages students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Arizona Classical Languages & Literature Report

4

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Classical Languages & Literature at The University of Texas at Austin

5

Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classical Languages Major in the Southwest Region. Houston Baptist University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s classical languages degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad 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%.

Full Houston Baptist University Classical Languages & Literature Report

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

• *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.