by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 16,243 people earned their degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. 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 Ohio, there were 453 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,023 and $25,180 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 20 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio list. BGSU is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 7 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Youngstown, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Youngstown State University
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