by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
African American Studies is the 389th most popular major in the country with 1,196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 267 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark Atlanta University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. CAU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 3 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s African American studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read more about African American Studies at Florida International University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on African American Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #4 spot on the list. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about African American Studies at University of Louisville
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