by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Native American Studies is the 585th most popular major in the country with 527 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major” ranking looked at 12 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglala Lakota College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major. Oglala Lakota College is a small school located in Kyle, South Dakota that handed out 4 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Native American Studies at Oglala Lakota College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Durant, Oklahoma, and it awarded 29 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Native American Studies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s American Indian studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.
University of California - Davis landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major ranking. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 7 masters’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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of California - Los Angeles ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. UCLA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major ranking, coming in at #9. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s American Indian studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Native American Studies Report
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s American Indian studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’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.
University of Alaska Fairbanks ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major list. UAF is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 8 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Native American Studies Report
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