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2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 16,240 people earned their degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 2,040 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,300 and $23,472 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WUSTL Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Full UMN Twin Cities Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report

#3

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oglala Lakota College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Kyle, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students whose families make $48-$75k list, Oglala Lakota College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oglala Lakota College are $2,518, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oglala Lakota College Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074.

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#6

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

University of Iowa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

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#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

University of Kansas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 16 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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