2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington

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Latin American Studies is the 560th most popular major in the country with 632 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Washington, there were 4 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in Latin American studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Latin American studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree latin american studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latin American Studies in Washington

1

Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

#7 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bellingham, Washington, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Latin American Studies at WWU

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 2 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

Read more about Latin American Studies at UW Seattle

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Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington

#4 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Latin American Studies Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Gonzaga University landed the #3 spot on the list. Gonzaga University is a medium-sized school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 0 bachelors’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Latin American Studies at Gonzaga University

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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