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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis (Income $75-$110k)

6 Ranked Colleges
214 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Cultural Studies & Analysis is the 312th most popular major in the country with 361 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, cultural studies and analysis graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $19,600 and had an average of $27,571 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 214 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in cultural studies and analysis. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cultural studies and analysis 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 cultural studies and analysis 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 Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis (Income $75-$110k)

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree culture studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, American Military University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full American Military University Cultural Studies & Analysis Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 5 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree culture studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $17,373 for bachelor’s degree culture studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Cultural Studies & Analysis at ASU - Tempe

#3

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Holyoke College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree culture studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, Mt. Holyoke has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mt. Holyoke is $20,586 for Bachelor’s Degree Culture Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Mount Holyoke College Cultural Studies & Analysis Report

#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 25 bachelors’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $16,535 for Bachelor’s Degree Culture Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Cultural Studies & Analysis at NAU

#5

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s culture studies degrees to qualified students.

Tufts also made our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $27,430 for Bachelor’s Degree Culture Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Tufts University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.

Full Tufts Cultural Studies & Analysis Report

#6

Occidental College

Los Angeles, California

Occidental College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culture studies degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Oxy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $27,417 for bachelor’s degree culture studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Occidental College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 Cultural Studies & Analysis at Occidental College

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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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