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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in the Southwest Region

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5 Degrees Awarded

$38,200 Avg Cost*

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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 Southwest region, there were 48 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

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 Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in the Southwest Region

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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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%.

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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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