2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Far Western US Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
American U.S. Studies is the 350th most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 380 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in American U.S. studies. That schools that top this list have a program in American U.S. studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree united states studies students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s United States studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on American U.S. Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s United States studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 American U.S. Studies at USC
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s United States studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about American U.S. Studies at Washington State University
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- 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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