by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Arizona” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 6,966 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 98 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,593 and $23,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in area studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their area studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The area 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Arizona”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree area studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 44 bachelors’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Arizona. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s area studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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