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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,505 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,643 Avg Salary

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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #28 most popular major in New York with 1,298 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Albany the best value school in New York for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAlbany are $13,535 a year.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University at Albany

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The City College of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a large student population.

CCNY graduate students pay an average of $11,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at The City College of New York Report

#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Cornell University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#5

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU also took the #5 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York rankings.

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#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Syracuse are $42,954 per year.

Syracuse also claimed a spot on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Syracuse University

Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 159
Pennsylvania 410
Maryland 236
Delaware 38
District of Columbia 302

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 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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