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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$33,561 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 a year.

UNC Charlotte excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Duke University 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 Southeast Region . Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at VCU are $29,546 a year.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Louisville 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 Southeast Region . Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofL are $27,839 per year.

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

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 503
West Virginia 6
South Carolina 147
Florida 263
Virginia 279
Arkansas 16
Mississippi 168
Louisiana 26
Alabama 43
Kentucky 93
Georgia 236
Tennessee 79

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 5 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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