2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Area Studies is the #112 most popular major in the country with 6,966 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.
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2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best value school in the United States for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.
Duke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.
Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.
UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.
Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area studies schools in the United States. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 a year.
Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.
Read full report on Area Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York
University of Louisville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate area studies programs. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofL are $27,839 a year.
Read full report on Area Studies at University of Louisville
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Read full report on Area Studies at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Syracuse University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for area studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.
Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $32,809 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Area Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report
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Majors Related to Area Studies
Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ethnic Studies | 9,231 |
| Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) | 46 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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.
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