2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies, Other

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Area Studies, Other Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 775 people earned their degree in area studies, other, making the major the 492nd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in area studies, other. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their area studies, other program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies, Other

1

Stanford University
Stanford, California

#2 overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford University is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s area studies, other degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Stanford University Area Studies, Other Report

2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s area studies, other 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 full report on Area Studies, Other at A-State

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s area studies, other degrees to qualified students.

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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 UW Seattle Area Studies, Other Report

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.