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2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

10 Ranked Colleges
175 Degrees Awarded
$38,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 1,704 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,869 and $19,091 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 175 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the New England Region

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

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

Trinity Bantams did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity College are $17,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons are $21,698, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 4 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

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#4

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut
#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Southern Connecticut State University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.

SCSU also took the #10 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Connecticut State University are $26,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 50 degrees to qualified masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.

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#6

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#7 in overall quality

University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485.

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#8

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Harvard University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Brandeis University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Brandeis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students list, Brandeis has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#10

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Brown University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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