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

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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 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 Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. This fairly large school is located in Bellevue, Nebraska, and it awarded 88 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Bellevue University

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at SLU

• 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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