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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,475 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,527 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

Area Studies is the #113 most popular major in Missouri with 113 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

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

Best Area Studies School

$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a degree in Missouri. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mizzou are $11,475 a year. On average, area studies graduates from Mizzou take out $25,250 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $461, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Mizzou also made our Best Area Studies Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 92
Kansas 38
Iowa 53
Nebraska 9
North Dakota 2
South Dakota 0

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 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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