2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Disability Studies is the 899th most popular major in the country with 412 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 disability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in disability studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their disability studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree disability studies students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Disability Studies
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #1 spot on the list. The Graduate Center, CUNY is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 46 masters’s disability studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Full The Graduate Center, CUNY Disability Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Disability Studies at UIC
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Disability Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Minot State University landed the #3 spot on the list. MSU is a public institution located in Minot, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full MSU Disability Studies Report
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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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