2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Latin American & Caribbean Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Latin American & Caribbean Studies is the 995th most popular major in the country with 107 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 32 latin american & caribbean studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 latin american & caribbean studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in latin american & caribbean studies. That schools that top this list have a program in latin american & caribbean studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Latin American & Caribbean Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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New York University
New York, New York

#9 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 11 masters’s latin american and caribbean studies degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Latin American & Caribbean Studies at New York University

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University at Albany
Albany, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Albany. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. University at Albany is a public institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Full UAlbany Latin American & Caribbean Studies Report

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.