2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Social Sciences is the 39th most popular major in the country with 19,542 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Louisiana, there were 62 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,892 and $18,805 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$24,632 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s general social sciences degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. The yearly cost to attend Tulane University of Louisiana is $24,632 for Louisiana Associate Degree General Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana General Social Sciences Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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