by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,105 people earned their degree in germanic languages, making the major the 222nd most popular in the United States. In , germanic languages graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $55,443 and had an average of $21,621 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 102 germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,643 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 germanic languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 41 colleges that offer a degree in germanic languages. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their germanic languages program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree german students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luther College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Decorah, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 41 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s german degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region. St Olaf College is located in Northfield, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grinnell College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region. Grinnell College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grinnell, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carleton College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #6, Concordia College at Moorhead did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Concordia College at Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at Concordia College at Moorhead
With a ranking of #7, Simpson College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Macalester College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s german degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at Macalester College
Truman State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Truman State University is a public institution located in Kirksville, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’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%.
Augustana University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 1 bachelors’s german degrees in 2021-2022.
Central College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Central College is located in Pella, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
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%.
University of Minnesota - Morris did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. Morris, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s german degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Johns University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Johns University is located in Collegeville, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s german degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 full report on Germanic Languages at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
University of Minnesota - Duluth came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at University of Minnesota - Duluth
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #16. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Germanic Languages Report
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Hamline University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hamline University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Creighton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Creighton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at Creighton University
Washington University in St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #20. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 7 bachelors’s german degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Washburn University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Topeka, Kansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of South Dakota ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at University of South Dakota
University of Iowa ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s german degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
South Dakota State University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s german degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 full report on Germanic Languages at South Dakota State
With a ranking of #25, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on German Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s german students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Germanic Languages at University of St Thomas Minnesota
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