2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in California

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In 2021-2022, 368 people earned their degree in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis, making the major the 699th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 31 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 cultural studies/critical theory & analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,943 and $148,774 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in California” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis. That schools that top this list have a program in cultural studies/critical theory & analysis in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in California

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in California”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis in California

1

California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Integral Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in California list. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees in 2021-2022.

Full California Institute of Integral Studies Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Report

2

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California

#14 overall quality in California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis at UC Irvine

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

Footnotes

• *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.

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