2023 Most Focused Colleges for East Asian Studies in Maine
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on East Asian Studies Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
East Asian Studies is the 535th most popular major in the country with 627 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 7 East Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on East Asian Studies Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in East Asian studies. That schools that top this list have a program in East Asian studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on East Asian Studies Major in Maine
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine east asian studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for East Asian Studies in Maine
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on East Asian Studies Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s East Asian studies degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on East Asian Studies Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lewiston, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s East Asian studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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