2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Social Sciences is the 175th most popular major in the country with 2,491 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,168 and had an average of $25,972 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 127 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,600 and $70,531 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other 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 Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 37 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Social Sciences at Capella University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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