by our College Data Analytics Team
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Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,918 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 201 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. That schools that top this list have a program in women’s studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree women’s studies students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 5 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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