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2023 Best Value Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,493 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 66 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #138 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for area studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area studies majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Area Studies

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $10,720 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, area studies majors at UW - Madison accumulate an average of around $19,370 in student debt.

UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWM are $9,610 a year. Area Studies majors at UWM take out an average of $21,619 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 124
Ohio 182
Illinois 148
Indiana 101

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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