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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,123 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

Area Studies is the #104 most popular major in Wisconsin with 15 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Area Studies Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area Studies Colleges.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $10,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison also made our Best Area Studies Schools in Wisconsin list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison

$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Wisconsin 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 large city of Milwaukee.

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Area Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 20
Illinois 62
Ohio 36
Indiana 39

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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