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 Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
African American Studies is the 389th most popular major in the country with 1,196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 155 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their African American studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s African American studies degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee African American Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s African American studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on African American Studies at Northwestern
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on African American Studies at Ohio State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s African American studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on African American Studies at IU Bloomington
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