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. 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the 30th most popular major in the country with 16,243 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,881 and had an average of $22,102 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,755 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,041 and $24,013 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. That schools that top this list have a program in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Leech Lake Tribal College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Leech Lake Tribal College is a public institution located in Cass Lake, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Little Priest Tribal College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Little Priest Tribal College is a public institution located in Winnebago, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Oglala Lakota College is a public institution located in Kyle, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Nebraska Indian Community College is a small public school situated in Macy, Nebraska. It awarded 1 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sisseton Wahpeton College landed the #5 spot on the list. Sisseton Wahpeton College is located in Sisseton, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #6, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. NHSC is a small public school situated in New Town, North Dakota. It awarded 1 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Sinte Gleska University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Sinte Gleska University is located in Mission, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.
Full Sinte Gleska University Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report
Sitting Bull College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Sitting Bull College is a small public school situated in Fort Yates, North Dakota. It awarded 0 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Cankdeska Cikana Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Fort Totten, North Dakota, and it awarded 0 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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