2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.
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2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Area Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Read full report on Area Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Syracuse University is a great value for area studies students working on their graduate certificate. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Syracuse are $42,954 per year.
Best Area Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best area studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 171 |
| Pennsylvania | 61 |
| Maryland | 9 |
| New Jersey | 29 |
| District of Columbia | 119 |
| Delaware | 7 |
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Majors Related to Area Studies
Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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