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2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ethnic Studies is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 9,419 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 73 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,500 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ethnic studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ethnic studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ethnic studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Ethnic Studies Report

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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