You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the New England Region. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s Latin American and Caribbean studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.