2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Southeast Asian Studies in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 14 people earned their degree in Southeast Asian studies, making the major the 1357th most popular in the United States.

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

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Southeast Asian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Southeast Asian studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Southeast Asian studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Southeast Asian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Southeast Asian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Southeast Asian Studies in the Far Western US Region

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University of California - Riverside
Riverside, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Southeast Asian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s Southeast Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Southeast Asian Studies at University of California - Riverside

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Southeast Asian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Southeast Asian studies degrees to 1 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Southeast Asian Studies Report

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.