by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 77 people earned their degree in portuguese, making the major the 1010th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in portuguese. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in portuguese.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree portuguese students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s portuguese degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s portuguese degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s portuguese students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Read full report on Portuguese at Ohio State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s portuguese degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 1 doctorate’s portuguese degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
Read more about Portuguese at University of Wisconsin - Madison
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Portuguese Major. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s portuguese students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Portuguese Report
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