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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
551 Degrees Awarded
$10,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the 30th most popular major in the country with 16,240 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,827 and had an average of $22,562 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4,534 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,497 and $20,623 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 551 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Western Nevada College

Carson City, Nevada
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nevada College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Carson City, Nevada, and it awarded 13 associates’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WNC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Nevada College is $10,946 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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

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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