2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Asian Studies in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Asian Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 925 people earned their degree in Asian studies, making the major the 452nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 54 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Asian Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Asian studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular Asian studies programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Asian Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree asian studies students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Asian Studies in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Asian Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Asian studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Asian Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Asian Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 3 masters’s Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Asian Studies at Iowa
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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
- *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.
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