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2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$25,991 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ethnic studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the ethnic studies graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Ethnic Studies

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

Full Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for ethnic studies students working on their graduate certificate. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

USU also took the #2 spot in our Best Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Utah State University

Best Ethnic Studies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 5
Utah 34
Montana 11

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

Majors Similar to Ethnic Studies

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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