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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$33,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #29 most popular major in the country with 2,911 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNC Charlotte also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Duke are $59,141 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #2 for overall quality for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in the Southeast Region .

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

UF also claimed a spot on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Florida Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University 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 Southeast Region . VCU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richmond.

VCU graduate students pay an average of $29,546 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a very large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $27,839 in tuition and fees each 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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 12
Florida 56
North Carolina 73
Virginia 37
Tennessee 9
Georgia 45
South Carolina 6
Louisiana 9
West Virginia 2
Kentucky 14
Arkansas 13
Alabama 14

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

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.

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