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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,123 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies 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 Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Wisconsin

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in Wisconsin for area studies students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $10,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Area Studies Schools in Wisconsin list.

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

$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the # 2 spot on the list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UWM are $9,610 per year. The average amount in student loans that area studies majors at UWM take out is $24,492.

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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