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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$15,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,353 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

Area Studies is the #93 most popular major in New Jersey with 29 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 New Jersey ranking.

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.

Check out the area studies programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Area Studies School

$15,208 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Rutgers University - Newark to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rutgers Newark are $15,208 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rutgers Newark is ranked #3 for overall quality for area studies in New Jersey.

Full Area Studies at Rutgers University - Newark Report

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 171
Pennsylvania 61
Maryland 9
District of Columbia 119
Delaware 7

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 values are for the top school 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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