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

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 South Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

South Asian Studies is the 1182nd most popular major in the country with 30 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 4 South Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 South Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value South Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in South Asian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent South Asian studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the South Asian studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for South Asian Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$201 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value South Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s South Asian studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best South Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brown is $201 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree South Asian Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#2

Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$8,785 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wellesley College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value South Asian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s South Asian studies students in 2019-2020.

Wellesley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best South Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wellesley is $8,785 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree South Asian Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Wellesley College South Asian Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for South Asian Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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