2023 Best Value Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Women’s Studies is the 259th most popular major in the country with 2,868 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 425 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in women’s studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent women’s 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 women’s studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 8 Best Value Colleges for Women’s Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 19 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Chapel Hill also took the #3 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $12,469 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Women’s Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 49 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UF also made our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $5,135 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend University of Florida.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full University of Florida Women’s Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 9 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,346 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend USF Tampa.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Women’s Studies at University of South Florida - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,597 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend Emory.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Emory University Women’s Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region women’s studies students with aid list, UofL has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,828 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend UofL.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UofL Women’s Studies Report
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. VCU is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 27 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,490 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at VCU
With a ranking of #7, University of Richmond did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in University of Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 5 ’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
URichmond also made our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $27,050 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid per year to attend University of Richmond.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Richmond Women’s Studies Report
Spelman College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified ’s women’s studies students in 2020-2021.
Spelman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Women’s Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Spelman College is $44,833 for Southeast Region Women’s Studies students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Women’s Studies at Spelman College
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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
- *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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