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2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,220 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate 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 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 in Wisconsin ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Wisconsin. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $12,220 per year.

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 Colleges 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 values are for the top school 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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