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2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $13,748 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid.

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

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Whitewater, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Whitewater did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 with aid per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

Full UW - Whitewater General Social Sciences Report

#3

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UW - Stout not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Stout is $15,839 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree social sciences students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Stout

#4

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Platteville, Wisconsin, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Platteville also made our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,718 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend UW - Platteville.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at UW - Platteville

#5

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carthage College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students 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 with aid 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%.

Full Carthage General Social Sciences Report

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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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