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Best Value Area Studies Schools in Oregon

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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,832 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

With 56 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area studies is the #123 most popular major in Oregon.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Area Studies Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon to see which programs offered the best value experiences for area studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area Studies Colleges.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
$13,856 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Oregon the best value school in Oregon for area studies students. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UO are $13,856 a year.

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$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Area Studies Schools in Oregon list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland State University are $9,807 a year.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 879
Washington 236
Nevada 4
Hawaii 57
Alaska 1

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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