by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 278 people earned their degree in classical & ancient studies, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States. In , classical & ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $0 and had an average of $24,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 52 classical & ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 classical & ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in classical & ancient studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in classical & ancient studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree classics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend La Sierra University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s classics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Classics Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s classics 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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