2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 130 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Native American studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Native American studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree american indian studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Plains States Region

1

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

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 in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Kyle, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Native American Studies at Oglala Lakota College

2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 6 masters’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Native American Studies at University of Kansas

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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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