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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$32,201 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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

Our analysis found William & Mary to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William & Mary are $34,978 per year.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

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

In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.

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#8

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Florida State also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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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 8 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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