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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,188 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 #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.

The Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

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

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at The University of Texas at Austin Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus 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 Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 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 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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