by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,868 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 286 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in women’s studies. That schools that top this list have a program in women’s studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree women’s studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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