2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in cultural studies and analysis. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality cultural studies and analysis programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cultural studies and analysis program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis

#1

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$22,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Integral Studies. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Doctorate. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s culture studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

CIIS also made our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at CIIS are $22,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CIIS Cultural Studies & Analysis Report

#2

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #2 spot on the list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s culture studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Cultural Studies & Analysis at University of California - Irvine

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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