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2023 Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,505 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,380 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New York to see which master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Area Studies

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Our analysis found University at Albany to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New York. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Albany.

UAlbany graduate students pay an average of $13,535 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Area Studies at University at Albany

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The City College of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CCNY are $11,402 a year.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area studies schools in New York. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 per year.

Cornell also made our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #1.

Full Area Studies at Cornell University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Columbia also made our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #4.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU also took the #5 spot in our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York rankings.

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#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree area studies programs. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Syracuse also claimed a spot on our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Area Studies at Syracuse University

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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 6 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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