2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 203 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Far Western US Region

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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University of California - Davis
Davis, California

#18 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s American Indian studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Native American Studies at UC Davis

• Most Focused Doctor’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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