by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 527 people earned their degree in Native American studies, making the major the 585th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 203 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 76 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in Native American studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Native American studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree american indian studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Windward Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Kaneohe, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii Maui College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Maui College is a small school located in Kahului, Hawaii that handed out 18 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ilisagvik College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Barrow, Alaska, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Hawaii CC is a small school located in Hilo, Hawaii that handed out 6 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Honolulu Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Honolulu CC is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s American Indian studies degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Kapiolani Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Kapiolani Community College is a medium-sized school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 9 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Leeward Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. Leeward CC is a medium-sized school located in Pearl City, Hawaii that handed out 9 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Native American Studies at Leeward Community College
With a ranking of #8, Kauai Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Lihue, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s American Indian studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Native American Studies at Kauai Community College
University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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