2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 93 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Native American studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$-375 Average Net Price

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 in the Plains States Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Native American Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oglala Lakota College is $-375 for plains states region associate degree american indian studies students. A negative average net price may seem strange, but it generally means that financial aid will more than cover the cost 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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