2024 Best Latin American & Caribbean Studies Schools
9Colleges in the United States
104Latin American and Caribbean Studies Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in latin american & caribbean studies. It is ranked #995 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of latin american & caribbean studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 degrees in latin american & caribbean studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Latin American & Caribbean Studies School
The latin american and caribbean studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Latin American & Caribbean Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Latin American & Caribbean Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Latin American & Caribbean Studies Degree Level
The latin american and caribbean studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Latin American & Caribbean Studies Schools.
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Best Schools for Latin American & Caribbean Studies in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the latin american and caribbean studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Brown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in latin american & caribbean studies. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in latin american & caribbean studies has to look into Dartmouth College. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.More information about a degree in latin american & caribbean studies from Dartmouth College
It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in latin american & caribbean studies. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 9 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in latin american & caribbean studies needs to check out New York University. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Hartford. This college ranks 3rd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 2 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at Trinity Bantams in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 2 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 11 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 10 latin american & caribbean studies students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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