SUMMARY
Studying African-American Studies is a valuable choice and generally a critical first step for students seeking to pursue a career as an african-american linguistics professor, an african-american studies professor, or an immigration social worker. In fact, african-american studies is an uncommon major ranking as the 209th most popular area of study. Last year, there were 1,009 african-american studies graduates. In-state tuition for african-american studies at private schools is, on average, 4.7 times more expensive than their public rivals.
There are 201 colleges that offer african-american studies. 201 schools is fairly average in terms of the number of institutions which offer each degree. If you're hoping to surround yourself with other african-american studies students, look at colleges in California which have more students admitted to african-american studies than any other state. More generally, the best region to get a degree in african-american studies is in the Southeast region with University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and University of Virginia-Main Campus best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the best conference to major in african-american studies is the Pacific-12 Conference with University of Arizona, University of California-Berkeley, and University of California-Los Angeles representing the conference. From our comprehensive list of the best colleges, our selection for the best college for african-american studies is Stanford University.
The overall 'best' school might not actually be the best school for you. There can be tons of angels to think about when selecting ​university. Stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely affect your decision on where to go to university. At authority.org, we evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are intrigued by which african-american studies university is home to the top college campus, the winner is Harvard University. If you are very interested in which college boasts the top campus, we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more in order to compare every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the schools with the best student life here and, from that list, our choice for the college with the best student life for african-american studies is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Curious why? Continue scrolling to find out more about our top choices. Many of our decisions will probably surprise you.
If expense is a significant influence in your choice of where you attend university, you might be cautious about Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University in the City of New York is the most expensive college for african-american studies, at least regarding out of state students. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive universities that could put the cost at Columbia University in the City of New York into perspective. Additionally, you may be interested to know that african-american studies is the 137th most expensive major in the US, with an average associated cost of $35,000. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for african-american studies nationally is Connecticut with costs at the main two universities Wesleyan University and Yale University of $56,704 and $55,500 respectively. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region for african-american studies is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Wesleyan University with a cost of $56,704, Yale University with a cost of $55,500, and Amherst College with a cost of $57,640.
Our cheapest region for african-american studies is the Southeast region which is represented by University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a cost of $17,246, University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a cost of $19,581, and University of Memphis with a cost of $12,048. In better news, the most affordable university for african-american studies is University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Authority.org's full list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.
In-state students can anticipate paying around $11,300 for a degree in african-american studies. That price inflates significantly to a median of $29,800 for the out-of-state public-school undergraduate. Our selection for the school representing the best value for african-american studies: Stanford University. On this page you can see our comprehensive list about the universities we see as being the best value in general. That being said, this idea is based on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.
Earnings for african-american studies students range widely, but two-years after leaving college graduates will regularly earn around $43,900. While there is much variation in earnings potential; top earners can enjoy pay up to $77,600. Straight out of college, the lowest earning jobs within the african-american studies space make $25,000, which isn't that bad. The top earning grads from african-american studies graduated from Stanford University and if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.
The prevailing diversity of african-american studies falls below average, coming in the 32nd percentile of all programs. The university with the most composite diversity for african-american studies is New York University and here you can find our general list of the universities which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of African-American Studies is only in the 51st percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even less in the 29th percentile. Black undergraduates make up the largest share at 70% of students studying african-american studies. Additionally, 68% of undergrads pursuing an african-american studies major are women.
The median ranking of african-american studies professors is 3.9 stars, a ranking which is 2% below the median for all majors; which is a subpar score. If you are curious about the most popular african-american studies instructor nationally, consider looking up Andreas Woods at Howard University. It might come as a surprise, but the highest rated professors for african-american studies according to students come from Howard University. As we incorporate data other than basic rankings it becomes clear that the school possessing the overall best professors for african-american studies is Stanford University. One will find more detail on our evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with some of the top instructors nationwide.
Finally, the most difficult school to get into for african-american studies is Stanford University. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have a detailed list of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that approaching higher education with a perspective only built on superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We at Authority encourage you to look at some of our other pages on individual topics and read some of our informative background pages on essential details to think about as your school search continues.