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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$50,650 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,443 Avg Salary

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

With 699 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies is the #26 most popular major in Massachusetts.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Massachusetts 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.

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, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,439 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

UMass Boston undergraduate students pay an average of $14,677 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wellesley College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Wellesley, Wellesley is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Wellesley undergraduate students pay an average of $60,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Wellesley also took the #5 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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#4

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Williams College is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Williamstown, Williams is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Williams are $59,660 a year.

Williams also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #2.

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#5

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Amherst College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, Amherst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $61,150 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Amherst also took the #4 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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#6

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Brandeis University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

Brandeis undergraduate students pay an average of $60,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Wheaton College Massachusetts landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the suburb of Norton, Wheaton College Massachusetts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wheaton College Massachusetts are $58,180 per year.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tufts also claimed a spot on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Smith College

Northampton, MA

Smith College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. Smith is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Northampton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Smith are $56,114 per year.

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#10

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

Mount Holyoke College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the large suburb of South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Mt. Holyoke undergraduate students pay an average of $56,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 114
Maine 110
Rhode Island 152
Connecticut 329
Vermont 61

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

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

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 10 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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