by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,918 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 609 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in women’s studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their women’s studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The women’s studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 6 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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 Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 11 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Loyola University Chicago
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s women’s studies students 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 9 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s women’s 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 94%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Ohio State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 Women’s Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Read more about Women’s Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Northwestern University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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