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2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Women's Studies Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 609 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent women’s studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the women’s studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree women’s studies students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Women’s Studies at UW - Madison

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s women’s studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at DePaul

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree women’s studies students list, UWM has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at UWM

#4

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552.

Full Eastern Michigan University Women’s Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

Full Ohio State Women’s Studies Report

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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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