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2023 Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$33,953 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,380 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, area studies was ranked #112 in the country. In fact 6,966 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Best Area Studies Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for area studies students working on their master’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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Best Area Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area studies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 31
Utah 131
Idaho 4
Montana 8
Wyoming 19

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Area Studies

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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