2023 Most Focused Colleges for Tribal/Indigenous Law in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Tribal/Indigenous Law Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Tribal/Indigenous Law is the 1239th most popular major in the country with 35 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 21 tribal/indigenous law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Tribal/Indigenous Law Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in tribal/indigenous law. That schools that top this list have a program in tribal/indigenous law in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Tribal/Indigenous Law Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region tribal/indigenous law students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Tribal/Indigenous Law in the Plains States Region

1

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

$42,569 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Tribal/Indigenous Law Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #1 spot on the list. Oglala Lakota College is a small school located in Kyle, South Dakota that handed out 8 ’s tribal/indigenous law degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Tribal/Indigenous Law at Oglala Lakota College

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University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

$41,529 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,524 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Tribal/Indigenous Law Major in the Plains States Region. UMN Duluth is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 ’s tribal/indigenous law degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Tribal/Indigenous Law at UMN Duluth

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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.