2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 19,542 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Columbia

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UChicago General Social Sciences Report

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Syracuse University

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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