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Latin American Studies is the 560th most popular major in the country with 632 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 79 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 Latin American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,974 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Latin American studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in Latin American studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Los Angeles. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 16 masters’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 6 masters’s Latin American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s list. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #4 spot on the list. SDSU is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s Latin American studies degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s Latin American studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Latin American Studies Major in California for a Master’s list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Latin American studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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