2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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African American Studies is the 389th most popular major in the country with 1,196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 251 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in African American studies.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American 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 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s African American 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on African American Studies at University of California - Berkeley

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNLV African American Studies Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American 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.

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