2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Area Studies is the #96 most popular major in New York with 684 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. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Area Studies
Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.
Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Syracuse are $42,954 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Syracuse also did well on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 245 |
| Maryland | 141 |
| New Jersey | 75 |
| District of Columbia | 206 |
| Delaware | 13 |
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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 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).
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