2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Michigan State

#2

University of Michigan - Flint

Flint, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$18,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Flint landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UM Flint did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Flint are $18,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Social Sciences at UM Flint

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,290 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 235 masters’s social sciences degrees 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 UChicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Chicago

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at OHIO Athens

• 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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