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2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
672 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

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General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 674 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,567 and $23,094 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 672 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and 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 general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized school located in Ashland, Oregon that handed out 14 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Oregon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Oregon University is $7,293 for oregon bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 380 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oregon is $12,690 for oregon bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full University of Oregon General Social Sciences Report

#3

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 239 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $11,198 for oregon bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Portland State University.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $14,157 for oregon bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Oregon State University

#5

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Western Oregon University is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Western Oregon State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $17,816 for oregon bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Western Oregon State College.

Full Western Oregon University General Social Sciences Report

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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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