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Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,443 Avg Salary

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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #30 most popular major in the country with 16,243 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ASU - Tempe is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a 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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 171
Texas 946
New Mexico 105
Oklahoma 94

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 4 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.

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