2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in New Jersey
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
American U.S. Studies is the 350th most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Jersey, there were 24 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 2 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 Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in New Jersey
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree united states studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in New Jersey
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Stockton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stockton University is a medium-sized school located in Galloway, New Jersey that handed out 3 masters’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about American U.S. Studies at Stockton State
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - Newark landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s United States studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Rutgers University - Newark American U.S. Studies Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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