2022 Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,820 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,734 and had an average of $23,024 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 380 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,150 and $25,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the area studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree area studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$26,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Salle University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s area studies degrees in 2019-2020.

La Salle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at La Salle University are $26,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Area Studies at La Salle

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

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