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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,927 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,111 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 131 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #88 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Area Studies Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Utah to see which 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Utah

Check out the area studies programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in Utah for area studies students. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year. On average, area studies graduates from BYU take out $10,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

BYU also took the #2 spot in our Best Area Studies Schools in Utah rankings.

Read full report on Area Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Utah list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $8,893 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U of U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Area Studies Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Utah

$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in Utah. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USU are $8,960 a year. On average, area studies graduates from USU take out $18,002 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 31
Idaho 4
Montana 8
Wyoming 19

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Area Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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