2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 361 people earned their degree in cultural studies and analysis, making the major the 312th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural studies and analysis. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cultural studies and analysis programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the cultural studies and analysis program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree culture studies students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s culture studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456.

Read more about Cultural Studies & Analysis at UC Irvine

#2

Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Kingsville, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$14,066 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s culture studies students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 masters’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree culture studies students with aid list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Cultural Studies & Analysis Report

#4

University of Washington - Bothell Campus

Bothell, Washington

#5 in overall quality

$30,198 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Bothell Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bothell, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s culture studies students in 2019-2020.

UW Bothell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Bothell Campus are $30,198, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Cultural Studies & Analysis at University of Washington - Bothell Campus

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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