2023 Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 2,868 people earned their degree in women’s studies, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in women’s studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular women’s studies programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree women’s studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies in the New England Region

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Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

#23 overall quality in New England

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Women’s Studies at Brandeis University

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Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Women’s Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 2 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at Southern Connecticut State University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s 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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