Question: What Takes 4 Years, $139,000, And Makes You Sleep In A Tent?

Answer: A gender studies degree from Kentucky.

You can spend four years earning a degree in “Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies” at the University of Kansas or a degree in “Gender and Women’s Studies” at the University of Kentucky.

But the degree will cost you more at Kansas if you are an out-of-state student than it will at Kentucky.

At Kansas, according to the College Board, tuition plus room and board is currently $21,446 per year for an in-state student and $34,832 for an out-of-state student.

At Kentucky, it’s $22,142 for an in-state student and $31,754 for an out-of-state student.

That works out to a cool $139,328 for an out-of-state student to earn an undergraduate degree in gender studies at Kansas versus just $127,016 for an out-of-state student at Kentucky. That’s assuming the tuition and board and room costs don’t increase–and the student finishes in four years.

Why spend so much time and money earning a college degree in gender studies?

KU’s Web site gives a very short explanation of why this is not only a major but a department which grants doctoral degrees (Ph.Ds): “Because much of what people think they know about women, gender, and sex is myth.”

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