2023 Most Focused Colleges for Native American Languages in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 16 people earned their degree in Native American languages, making the major the 388th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Native American languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 Native American languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Native American languages. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Native American languages program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region native american languages students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Native American Languages in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

$50,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,026 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 ’s Native American languages degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full UMN Twin Cities Native American Languages Report

2

Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sitting Bull College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fort Yates, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s Native American languages students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Languages at Sitting Bull College

2

Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinte Gleska University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region list. Sinte Gleska University is a small school located in Mission, South Dakota that handed out 0 ’s Native American languages degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sinte Gleska University Native American Languages Report

2

Turtle Mountain Community College
Belcourt, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Turtle Mountain Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Native American Languages Major in the Plains States Region list. Belcourt, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s Native American languages degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Turtle Mountain Community College Native American Languages Report

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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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