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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Louisiana, there were 62 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,500 and $41,089 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

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

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

#1

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$16,684 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #1 spot on the list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Southern University and A & M College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern University and A & M College are $16,684.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Southern University and A & M College

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