2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies

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In 2019-2020, 506 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 636th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in ethnic studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ethnic studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ethnic 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 Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ethnic studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Ethnic Studies at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#2

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 masters’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485.

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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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