by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Tennessee, there were 43 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee” 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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