2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Germanic Languages is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Germanic languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,200 and had an average of $22,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 17 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 Germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Germanic languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Germanic languages programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Germanic languages program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$2,039 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington and Lee University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Lexington, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s German students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washington and Lee, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Washington and Lee University is $2,039 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree German students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.

Read more about Germanic Languages at Washington and Lee

#2

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$4,963 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value German Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. William & Mary is a public institution located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at William & Mary, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend William & Mary is $4,963 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree German students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full William & Mary Germanic Languages Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages (Income $30-$48k)

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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