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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Russian Studies

11 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$36,900 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 166 people earned their degree in Russian studies, making the major the 878th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 Russian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in Russian studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Russian studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major”.

Top 11 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Russian Studies

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major. IU Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 11 masters’s Russian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Russian Studies Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Russian studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s Russian studies degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full UW Seattle Russian Studies Report

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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s Russian studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

University of Kansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major ranking, coming in at #6. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s Russian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Kansas Russian Studies Report

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Boston College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major list. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s Russian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major ranking. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s Russian studies degrees 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major ranking. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 1 masters’s Russian studies 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 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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New York University
New York, New York

New York University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major ranking, coming in at #10. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 1 masters’s Russian 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Hunter College
New York, New York

Hunter College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Russian Studies Major ranking, coming in at #11. Located in New York, New York, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s Russian studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Hunter Russian Studies Report

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