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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in Pennsylvania

2 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$31,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the 30th most popular major in the country with 16,240 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,827 and had an average of $22,562 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 545 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,100 and $25,963 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students list, Temple has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Penn State University Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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