by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Plains States region, there were 1,448 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,129 and $23,290 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ethnic studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree ethnic studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Leech Lake Tribal College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Cass Lake, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Little Priest Tribal College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Little Priest Tribal College is a small school located in Winnebago, Nebraska that handed out 2 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglala Lakota College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Kyle, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ethnic studies degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Indian Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Macy, Nebraska, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sisseton Wahpeton College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Sisseton Wahpeton College is a small public school situated in Sisseton, South Dakota. It awarded 1 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in New Town, North Dakota, and it awarded 1 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Sitting Bull College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Sitting Bull College is a small school located in Fort Yates, North Dakota that handed out 0 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Cankdeska Cikana Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Fort Totten, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ethnic studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Sinte Gleska University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Sinte Gleska University is located in Mission, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.
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