by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking.
Area Studies, Other is the 492nd most popular major in the country with 775 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 205 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area studies, other. That schools that top this list have a program in area studies, other in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree area studies, other students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 1 masters’s area studies, other degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s area studies, other students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s area studies, other degrees to 1 students 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies, Other Major in the Far Western US Region. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area studies, other degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
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