by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 District of Columbia, there were 91 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful ethnic studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree ethnic studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ethnic studies students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Ethnic Studies Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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