2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 213 people earned their degree in African studies, making the major the 889th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 59 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in African studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in African studies.

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Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree african studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Top 10% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #1 spot on the list. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s African studies degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 89%.

Read full report on African Studies at Syracuse University

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s African studies degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on African Studies at Howard

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.