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

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In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in women’s studies, making the major the 254th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 466 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the women’s 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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The women’s studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

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

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

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Women’s Studies at University of Florida

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#5 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Women’s Studies Report

#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#4 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 8 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at UofL

#4

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 11 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Women’s Studies at UA

#5

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #5 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at Emory University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s 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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