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2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 361 people earned their degree in cultural studies/critical theory and analysis, making the major the 799th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 214 cultural studies/critical theory and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in cultural studies/critical theory and analysis. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cultural studies/critical theory and analysis programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the cultural studies/critical theory and analysis program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis (Income $48-$75k)

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for American Military University is $8,461 for bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

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#2

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Holyoke College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to qualified students.

Mt. Holyoke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Mt. Holyoke is $17,860 for bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #3 spot on the list. Tufts University is located in Medford, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tufts University is $13,525 for Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $14,033 for Bachelor’s Degree Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#5

Occidental College

Los Angeles, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Occidental College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k list, Oxy has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oxy is $19,364 for bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#6

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 25 bachelors’s cultural studies/critical theory and analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Cultural Studies/Critical Theory & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,675 for bachelor’s degree cultural studies/critical theory and analysis students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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