2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major

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

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s American Indian studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Native American Studies at University of Arizona

3

University of California - Davis
Davis, California

Top 15% overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of California - Davis Native American Studies Report

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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