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2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$37,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Ethnic Studies is the #136 most popular major in the country with 1,081 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for ethnic studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ethnic studies majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Ethnic Studies

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at George Washington University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ethnic studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Syracuse University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ethnic studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in tuition and fees each year. Ethnic Studies majors at Syracuse take out an average of $22,135 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Ethnic Studies at Syracuse University Report

Best Ethnic Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best ethnic studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 135
Pennsylvania 18
Maryland 6
New Jersey 8
District of Columbia 12
Delaware 0

Ethnic Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Area Studies 1,825
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 G. MГјtzel.

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