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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Classical & Ancient Studies is the 300th most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $21,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 8 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent classical and ancient studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the classical and ancient studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin and Marshall College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Franklin and Marshall College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franklin and Marshall, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Franklin and Marshall is $30,281 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree classics students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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%.

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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