2022 Best Value Folklore 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 has developed its “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Folklore Studies is the 1104th most popular major in the country with 38 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 folklore studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in folklore studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great folklore 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 folklore studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Folklore Studies

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #1 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s folklore studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Folklore Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Folklore Studies Report

#2

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s folklore studies students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #1 spot in our “Best Folklore Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Folklore Studies at University of California - Berkeley

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Folklore Studies Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 2 masters’s folklore studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Folklore Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UO are $29,991, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UO Folklore Studies Report

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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