2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in Georgia

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

Across Georgia, there were 21 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in Georgia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in Georgia

1

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia

#15 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #1 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 8 masters’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Kennesaw State University American U.S. Studies Report

2

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#2 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in Georgia list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at Emory University

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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.