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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,636 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,587 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies School for You

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #30 most popular major in North Carolina with 503 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 a year. On average, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates from UNC Chapel Hill take out $15,450 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $211.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #4 for overall quality for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in North Carolina.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in North Carolina list.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
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 2 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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