by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 9,323 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. In , ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,818 and had an average of $21,141 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 835 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,606 and $22,655 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in ethnic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in ethnic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark Atlanta University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s ethnic studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ethnic studies degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 9 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 4 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 13 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 4 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ethnic Studies at Florida International University
University of Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s ethnic studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 4 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Florida Atlantic University is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Louisville came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Emory University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ethnic Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 27 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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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