2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Far Western US Region

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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 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in American U.S. studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful American U.S. studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree united states studies students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Far Western US Region

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3 doctorate’s United States studies degrees 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%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa American U.S. Studies Report

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at USC

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended United States Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 0 doctorate’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about American U.S. Studies at Washington State 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.