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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

24 Colleges
$34,790 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,443 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies was ranked #30 in the country. In fact 16,243 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SDSU are $20,016 a year.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $19,184 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Stanford are $56,169 a year.

Stanford also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Far Western US Region . CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSULB are $18,726 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Chico is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Chico State is a large public school located in the city of Chico.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Chico State are $19,744 a year.

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California State University - Fullerton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal State Fullerton are $18,856 a year.

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#7

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

With a ranking of #7, Sonoma State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. SSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Rohnert Park.

SSU undergraduate students pay an average of $19,868 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUN are $18,923 per year.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW Seattle are $39,906 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW Seattle also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

WWU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,930 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,541
Washington 421
Oregon 189
Hawaii 210
Nevada 35
Alaska 12

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Area Studies 6,966
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 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. Mützel.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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