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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

12 Colleges
$34,880 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 #29 most popular major in the country with 2,911 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Delaware the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

Cornell also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Georgetown is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMCP also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAlbany are $25,325 a year.

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The City College of New York landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs. CCNY is a large public school located in the city of New York.

CCNY graduate students pay an average of $20,832 in tuition and fees each year.

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Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Columbia also is in the top 10% of our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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#9

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #9, New York University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NYU also is in the top 15% of our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at New York University Report

Rutgers University - New Brunswick ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 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 Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 306
Pennsylvania 79
Maryland 15
New Jersey 37
District of Columbia 136
Delaware 7

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 12 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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