2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Maryland (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 355 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,900 and $21,781 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Towson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic 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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