2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 674 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,567 and $23,094 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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 Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree social sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,518 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school situated in Monmouth, Oregon. It awarded 2 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Oregon State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Oregon University are $28,518.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Western Oregon State College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (With Aid)

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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