2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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Ethnic Studies is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 9,419 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 839 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,200 and $24,793 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 5 doctorate’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s ethnic studies students in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at University of Louisville

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies

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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