2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other in the Great Lakes Region

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 153 other ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 other ethnic 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 Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in other ethnic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other in the Great Lakes Region

1

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other ethnic studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Full Northeastern Illinois University Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report

2

Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, Indiana

Top 10% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Mary’s College is a small school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 1 masters’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at St. Mary’s College

3

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#10 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other at Indiana University - Bloomington

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#25 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Loyola Chicago Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

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

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.

Credits

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