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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

African Studies is the 823rd most popular major in the country with 246 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 66 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in African studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the African studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s African studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best African Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 10 masters’s African studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHIO Athens, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

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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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  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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