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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$33,239 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,889 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor'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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 15% of our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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 Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $28,468 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 206
Michigan 320
Ohio 397
Illinois 405
Wisconsin 191

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 7 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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