2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Missouri, there were 36 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Saint Louis University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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