2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Michigan, there were 231 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,667 and $25,528 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Flint

Flint, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$18,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #1 spot on the list. UM Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Flint also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Flint are $18,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $48-$75k list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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