2022 Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 246 people earned their degree in African studies, making the major the 823rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 58 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 African studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great African studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the African studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value African Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s African studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best African Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Read full report on African Studies at Brown University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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