2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the New England 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 9,231 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,818 and had an average of $22,901 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 577 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,537 and $24,361 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in ethnic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree ethnic studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the New England Region

1

Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region list. Holyoke Community College is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.

Full Holyoke Community College Ethnic Studies Report

2

Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, Massachusetts

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinsigamond Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Quinsigamond Community College is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Quinsigamond Community College

3

Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Winsted, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Winsted, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Ethnic Studies at Northwestern Connecticut Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic 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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