2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

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Social Science Teacher Education is the 544th most popular major in the country with 536 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 58 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social science teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social science teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree social science teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Science Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 masters’s social science teacher education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Science Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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