17 one-year master's programs in Area Studies — US
17 programs for a master's in Area Studies in the US that answer which programs in this group finish in a year. Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.
one-year Programs
Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.
- 1
Harvard University
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#5University rank
- Times Higher Education#5Subject rank
- U.S. News#3Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education#2Subject rank
- U.S. News#6Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 8
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 3
Yale University
- Grad School Navigator#8University rank
- QS#21University rank
- Times Higher Education#9Subject rank
- U.S. News#7Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $50,900
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 4
University of Chicago
- Grad School Navigator#11University rank
- QS#13University rank
- Times Higher Education#10Subject rank
- U.S. News#18Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Apr 30 +1
- Annual tuition
- $67,200
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 5
Columbia University
Latin American and Iberian Cultures with a concentration in Hispanic Cultural Studies MA
- Grad School Navigator#12University rank
- QS#38University rank
- Times Higher Education#12Subject rank
- U.S. News#16Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Mar 5
- Annual tuition
- $73,456
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 6
New York University
- Grad School Navigator#24University rank
- QS#55University rank
- Times Higher Education#16Subject rank
- U.S. News#8Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Mar 15
- Program duration
- 11 months
- 7
University of California--Irvine
- Grad School Navigator#65University rank
- QS#293University rank
- Times Higher Education101–125Subject rank
- U.S. News#69Subject rank
- Annual tuition
- $15,102
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 8
Boston University
- Grad School Navigator#85University rank
- QS#88University rank
- Times Higher Education151–175Subject rank
- U.S. News#89Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Jan 15
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 9
Tulane University
- Grad School Navigator#301–400University rank
- QS#597University rank
- Times Higher Education501–600Subject rank
- U.S. News#371University rank
- Annual tuition
- $11,726
- Program duration
- 12 months
- 10
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education#2Subject rank
- U.S. News#6Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 3
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 12 months
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