by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Area Studies, Other is the 492nd most popular major in the country with 775 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 28 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in area studies, other. To top this list, a school must have a successful area studies, other program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Siena Heights University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Siena Heights University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Adrian, Michigan. It awarded 14 bachelors’s area studies, other degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s area studies, other degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Area Studies, Other Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Norbert College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Norbert College is a small school located in De Pere, Wisconsin that handed out 3 bachelors’s area studies, other degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oberlin College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Oberlin, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s area studies, other degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Forest College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Lake Forest College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lake Forest, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s area studies, other 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%.
Read full report on Area Studies, Other at Lake Forest College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Area Studies, Other Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s area studies, other degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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