2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Doctorate” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 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.

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 a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree american indian studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American Indian Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s American Indian studies students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Native American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Native American Studies at UC Davis

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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