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2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$29,223 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Ethnic Studies is the #98 most popular major in the country with 9,231 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for ethnic studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in the United States for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $19,074 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ethnic studies schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFSU are $18,242 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Miami University - Oxford is a great value for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $32,332 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

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George Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.

GWU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best value schools for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ethnic studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Ethnic Studies by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Area Studies 6,966
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 G. MГјtzel.

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