2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 244 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,508 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. California University of Pennsylvania is located in California, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Cal U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal U are $18,508, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Cal U

#2

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

$17,835 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Edinboro is a public institution located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Edinboro also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Edinboro are $17,835, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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