2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Asian-American Studies in the Far Western US Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Asian-American Studies is the 919th most popular major in the country with 181 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 118 asian-american studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 asian-american studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,948 and $20,385 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in asian-american studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their asian-american studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Asian-American Studies in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitzer College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pitzer is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Claremont, California. It awarded 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Pitzer Asian-American Studies Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Scripps College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Claremont, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Santa Barbara, California, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s asian-american studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. San Francisco State University is a large public school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 27 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at UCLA
University of California - Davis landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UC Davis Asian-American Studies Report
California State University - Northridge did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s asian-american studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full CSUN Asian-American Studies Report
University of California - Irvine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s asian-american studies students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Read more about Asian-American Studies at UC Irvine
California State University - Long Beach landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. CSULB is a large public school situated in Long Beach, California. It awarded 3 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full California State University - Long Beach Asian-American Studies Report
Stanford University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #10. Stanford is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at Stanford University
University of Southern California ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at USC
University of California - Riverside came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of California - Riverside is located in Riverside, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at University of California - Riverside
University of California - Berkeley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #11. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UC Berkeley Asian-American Studies Report
Pomona College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Asian-American Studies Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Pomona is located in Claremont, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s asian-american studies degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 96%.
Read full report on Asian-American Studies at Pomona College
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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
- *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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