2023 Most Focused Colleges for Jewish Studies in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,083 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 6 jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in jewish studies. That schools that top this list have a program in jewish studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region judaic studies students.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Jewish Studies in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 4 ’s judaic studies degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full University of Kansas Jewish Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s judaic studies degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 Washington University in St Louis Jewish Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s judaic studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Jewish Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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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%.
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- *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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