2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

American U.S. Studies is the 350th most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 123 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in American U.S. studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their American U.S. studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree united states studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about American U.S. Studies at BGSU

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

#8 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s United States studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus American U.S. Studies Report

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s United States studies degrees to qualified students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at U-M

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Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Youngstown, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s United States studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Youngstown State University American U.S. Studies Report

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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

• *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.