2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Native American Studies is the 585th most popular major in the country with 527 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 31 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in Native American studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Native American studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northland College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Ashland, Wisconsin, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Northland Native American Studies Report

2

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

3

Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University

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University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Eau Claire is a fairly large public school situated in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It awarded 2 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UW - Eau Claire Native American Studies Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s 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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