2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Middle East Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 411 people earned their degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies, making the major the 659th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 36 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Middle East Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful Near and Middle Eastern studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Middle East Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree middle east studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in the Far Western US Region

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Middle East Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s Middle East studies students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Near & Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Middle East Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 0 masters’s Middle East studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Near & Middle Eastern Studies at UW Seattle

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies

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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