2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

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 Far Western US region.

State	Degrees Awarded
California	319
Washington	35
Oregon	44
Nevada	6
Hawaii	23
Alaska	3

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

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

Most Popular Majors Related 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 5 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.