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2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 421 people earned their degree in Native American studies, making the major the 578th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 118 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Native American studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Native American studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. Oglala Lakota College is a small school located in Kyle, South Dakota that handed out 23 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Oglala Lakota College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Native American Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $662 for associate degree american indian studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Oglala Lakota College.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Oglala Lakota College

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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