2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies (Income $75-$110k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 451 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ethnic studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Western Nevada College

Carson City, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$13,075 Average Net Price

$26,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nevada College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Western Nevada College is a small school located in Carson City, Nevada that handed out 13 associates’s ethnic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WNC also made our “Best Ethnic Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for WNC is $13,075 for associate degree ethnic studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full WNC 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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