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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$41,019 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,643 Avg Salary

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

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the New England Region 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

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

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

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Trinity College the best value school in the New England Region for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Trinity Bantams are $18,880 a year.

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#2

Brown University

Providence, RI

Out of the 7 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.

Brown also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #4 for overall quality for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies in the New England Region .

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#4

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Brandeis 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 New England Region . Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

Brandeis graduate students pay an average of $53,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 7 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.

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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $36,485 per year.

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Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 139
Rhode Island 30
Connecticut 53
New Hampshire 2
Maine 8
Vermont 2

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

Majors Similar 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 7 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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