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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

1 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Native American Studies is the 578th most popular major in the country with 421 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Native American studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Native American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree american indian studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

#1

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oglala Lakota College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oglala Lakota College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Native American Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oglala Lakota College is $-375 for associate degree american indian studies students. When an average net price is negative, it usually means that the student will receive more financial aid than it costs to attend the school.

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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

  • *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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