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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$33,012 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,643 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois 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 Illinois to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies

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 master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC also took the #3 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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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 Colleges 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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