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2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Wisconsin, there were 45 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,652 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #1 spot on the list. River Falls, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. The yearly cost to attend UW - River Falls is $13,748 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Wisconsin - River Falls General Social Sciences Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized school located in Platteville, Wisconsin that handed out 8 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Platteville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville is $15,718 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

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#3

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k list. Menomonie, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Stout did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. It costs about $15,839 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UW - Stout.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Social Sciences at UW - Stout

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater landed the #4 spot on the list. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public school situated in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Whitewater not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. It costs about $15,249 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

Full UW - Whitewater General Social Sciences Report

#5

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carthage College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carthage, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $28,191 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Carthage.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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