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2023 Best Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Area Studies Master's Degree School for You

Area Studies is the #96 most popular major in the country with 1,825 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

Check out the area studies master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Area Studies

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best school for area studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in the New England Region . Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in the New England Region . Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

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#4

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for area studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boston.

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Best Area Studies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 111
Connecticut 32
Rhode Island 27
Maine 0

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

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