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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$49,503 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,889 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies was ranked #29 in the country. In fact 2,911 degrees and certificates were handed out 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, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown 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 Brown are $62,083 a year.

Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Brown University Report

#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Out of the 4 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in tuition and fees each year.

Yale also took the #5 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Yale University Report

#3

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Brandeis University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 139
Rhode Island 30
Connecticut 53
New Hampshire 2
Maine 8
Vermont 2

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Area Studies 1,825
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Majors Similar to Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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. Mützel.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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