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2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,267 people earned their degree in African American studies, making the major the 394th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 225 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the African American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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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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