2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 31 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Native American studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in Native American studies.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Native American Studies Report

2

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
Hayward, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is a small public school situated in Hayward, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 associates’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

3

Bay Mills Community College
Brimley, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Mills Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Brimley, Michigan, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Bay Mills Community College

4

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
Baraga, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Baraga, Michigan, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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