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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$36,038 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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

UW - Madison not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the # 2 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $32,332 per year.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 2 spot on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

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

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U-M also is in the top 10% of our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #6, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UChicago is ranked #3 for overall quality for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in the Great Lakes Region .

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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 6 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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