2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,419 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,705 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,200 and $23,075 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ethnic studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the ethnic studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$-375 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Kyle, South Dakota, and it awarded 23 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Oglala Lakota College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oglala Lakota College is $-375 for plains states region associate degree ethnic studies students. The negative number means the student will receive more financial aid on average than it costs to attend the school.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Oglala Lakota College

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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