2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis in the Far Western US Region

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 Master’s in the Far Western US Region” 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 56 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,600 and $30,395 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies & Analysis in the Far Western US Region

#1

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$22,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Integral Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 4 masters’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CIIS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CIIS are $22,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Cultural Studies & Analysis at CIIS

#2

University of Washington - Bothell Campus

Bothell, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$30,198 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Bothell Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Culture Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. UW Bothell is a medium-sized school located in Bothell, Washington that handed out 8 masters’s culture studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Bothell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Bothell Campus are $30,198.

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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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