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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$39,947 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, area studies is the #86 most popular major in Connecticut.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Area Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to see which programs offered the best value experiences for area studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, CT
$61,370 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Trinity College to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a degree in Connecticut. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Hartford.

Trinity Bantams undergraduate students pay an average of $61,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best area studies schools in Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCONN are $18,524 per year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best Area Studies Schools in Connecticut rankings.

Full Area Studies at University of Connecticut Report

#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT
$59,950 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Yale are $59,950 a year.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our Best Area Studies Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 111
Rhode Island 27
Maine 0

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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