2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,142 people earned their degree in other ethnic studies, making the major the 402nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 988 other ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 other ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other ethnic studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other ethnic studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other ethnic studies students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carleton College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Full Carleton Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coe College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Coe College is a small school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 1 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at Coe College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at UMN Duluth
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNOMAHA Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 9 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Washington University in St Louis Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report
University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report
Bethel University Minnesota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bethel University Minnesota is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at Bethel University Minnesota
Wichita State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wichita State University Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report
Cornell College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Cornell College is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at Cornell College
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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