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Best Value Area Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$38,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,111 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies 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. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region 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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for area studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CU - Boulder is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Area Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Best Area Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area studies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3
Utah 0
Wyoming 7

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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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