2022 Best Value Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 85 people earned their degree in Western European studies, making the major the 1032nd most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 Western European studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Western European studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Western European 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 Western European studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree western european studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Western European Studies

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Western European studies degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Western European Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Western European Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Western European Studies Schools for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s Western European studies students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Western European Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Western European Studies at Georgetown

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

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