2023 Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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 “Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

African Studies is the 889th most popular major in the country with 213 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in African studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in African studies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region african studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for African Studies in the Far Western US Region

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

#8 overall quality in Far Western US

$53,838 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,264 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 1 ’s African studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of California - Los Angeles African Studies Report

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in Far Western US

$83,159 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,768 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended African Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Stanford University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 0 ’s African studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on African Studies at Stanford

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.