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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 155 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in the Great Lakes Region

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s African American studies 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s African American studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington African American Studies Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about African American Studies at Ohio State

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #5 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 13 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison African American Studies Report

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