2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region

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Ethnic Studies is the 99th most popular major in the country with 9,231 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 964 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,606 and $25,214 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 152 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ethnic studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their ethnic studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southeast Region

1

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Perkinston, Mississippi, and it awarded 152 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Ethnic Studies at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

2

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Coahoma Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Coahoma Community College is a public institution located in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Coahoma Community College Ethnic Studies Report

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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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