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2022 Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

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 “Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,820 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,734 and had an average of $23,024 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 380 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,150 and $25,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the area studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (Income Over $110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, La Salle University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s area studies students in 2019-2020.

La Salle also made our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at La Salle are $26,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Area Studies at La Salle University

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

  • *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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