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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 19,742 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States. 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 the Plains States region, there were 518 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,650 and $34,523 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

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

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$11,385 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,222 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 88 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Bellevue University

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

SLU also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at SLU

• 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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