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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$31,400 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,363 Avg Salary

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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #26 most popular major in Illinois with 159 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value 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.

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 Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UChicago are $60,963 a year.

UChicago also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 60
Ohio 93
Wisconsin 33
Michigan 34

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 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. Mützel.

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