2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Portuguese in the Great Lakes Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Portuguese is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 77 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5 portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in portuguese. That schools that top this list have a program in portuguese in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree portuguese students.
Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Portuguese in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 1 bachelors’s portuguese degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Portuguese Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 1 bachelors’s portuguese degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 Portuguese at UIUC
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s portuguese degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Ohio State Portuguese Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Portuguese Major in the Great Lakes Region. IU Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Portuguese at IU Bloomington
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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%.
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- *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.
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