2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

African American Studies is the 394th most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 225 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in African American studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African American studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the African American studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #0 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about African American Studies at University of California - Berkeley

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s African American studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Los Angeles African American Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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