2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region
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Degrees Awarded
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Humanities is the 37th most popular major in the country with 21,530 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 15,533 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. That schools that top this list have a program in humanities in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacifica Graduate Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Carpinteria, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s humanities degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Full Pacifica Graduate Institute Humanities Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dominican University of California. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region. DUofC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Rafael, California. It awarded 6 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Humanities at DUofC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region. Mount Saint Mary’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 5 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Humanities at MSMU
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #4 spot on the list. California State University - Northridge is a large public school situated in Northridge, California. It awarded 20 masters’s humanities degrees 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 California State University - Northridge Humanities Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Carson, California, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Humanities at California State University - Dominguez Hills
University of California - Merced ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Merced, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s humanities students 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%.
Read full report on Humanities at UC Merced
With a ranking of #7, San Francisco State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s humanities students 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%.
Read full report on Humanities at San Francisco State University
California State University - Sacramento landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Sacramento, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s humanities degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full California State University - Sacramento Humanities Report
Western Oregon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Western Oregon State College is a small school located in Monmouth, Oregon that handed out 1 masters’s humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Humanities at Western Oregon University
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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.
