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Best Value Area Studies Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,370 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

Area Studies is the #123 most popular major in Kentucky with 49 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Kentucky ranking.

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.

Best Area Studies School

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY
$12,370 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisville the best value school in Kentucky for area studies students. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

UofL undergraduate students pay an average of $12,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UofL also is in the top 20% of our Best Area Studies Schools in Kentucky ranking.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 100
Virginia 177
North Carolina 332
Florida 110
Tennessee 43
South Carolina 84
Louisiana 26
Arkansas 14
Alabama 20
Mississippi 12
West Virginia 2

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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