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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Women's Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Women’s Studies is the 254th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 92 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in women’s studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality women’s studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 women’s studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Dickinson College

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Carlisle, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Dickinson also made our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Dickinson College is $12,662 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Dickinson Women’s Studies Report

#2

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gettysburg College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Gettysburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $14,029 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Gettysburg.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at Gettysburg

#3

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania is $17,966 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at WCUPA

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #4 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s women’s studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $18,879 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Women’s Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at Temple University

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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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