2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 482 people earned their degree in multicultural and diversity studies, making the major the 305th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, multicultural and diversity studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,974 and had an average of $22,914 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 109 multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,463 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in multicultural and diversity studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular multicultural and diversity studies programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree multiculturalism students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the Southeast Region

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 6 doctorate’s multiculturalism degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Multicultural & Diversity Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

2

Columbia International University
Columbia, South Carolina

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s multiculturalism degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Multicultural & Diversity Studies at Columbia International University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity 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.

Credits

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