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2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$49,596 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,671 Avg Salary

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

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the #27 most popular major in New York with 306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New York to see which 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 Schools in New York

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

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

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY
$10,408 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University at Albany to be the best value school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students who want to pursue a degree in New York. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albany.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAlbany are $10,408 per year.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at University at Albany Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
$61,015 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cornell are $61,015 per year.

Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York list.

Read full report on Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Cornell University

$62,466 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $62,466 a year.

Columbia also made our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York list, coming in at #4.

Full Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#4

New York University

New York, NY
$56,500 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies schools in New York. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York list.

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#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY
$57,591 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Syracuse University is a great value for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies students. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

Syracuse undergraduate students pay an average of $57,591 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Syracuse also did well on our Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 5 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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