2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 610 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,420 and $26,661 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree social sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Michigan - Flint

Flint, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$18,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. UM Flint is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Flint, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM 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 Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,270 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 21 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,290 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 235 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k)

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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