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2023 Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$16,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,380 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies Master's Degree School for You

With 141 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area studies is the #87 most popular major in Maryland.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Check out the area studies master's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Area Studies Master's Degree School

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maryland. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $16,995 per year.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 245
New York 684
New Jersey 75
District of Columbia 206
Delaware 13

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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