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2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$38,058 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate 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. 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.

The Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for area 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 Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Area Studies

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Area Studies at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the # 2 spot on the list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

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Best Area Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 20
Illinois 62
Ohio 36
Indiana 39
Wisconsin 15

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 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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