2023 Most Focused Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Great Lakes Region

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Ethnic Studies is the 523rd most popular major in the country with 673 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 12 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in ethnic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Albion College
Albion, Michigan

$37,698 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,094 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albion College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albion, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Albion Ethnic Studies Report

2

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, Ohio

$40,036 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,982 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bowling Green, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified ’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

3

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, Ohio

#21 overall quality in Great Lakes

$43,521 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,597 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 1 ’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Ethnic Studies at Miami University - Oxford

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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

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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