2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 36,716 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in individualized studies. That schools that top this list have a program in individualized studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major. UMBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 9 doctorate’s individualized studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full UMBC Individualized Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major list. Johns Hopkins is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 3 doctorate’s individualized studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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%.
Full Johns Hopkins University Individualized Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s individualized studies degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Individualized Studies at Ferris State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nevada - Las Vegas Individualized 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.
