2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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 Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 205,726 social sciences students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 36,473 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,224 and $23,992 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31,164 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 183 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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 Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Charles Town, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.
On top of its placing in this ranking, American Military University also did well on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. It costs about $10,222 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend American Public University System.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Social Sciences at American Military University
Out of the 183 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Pembroke landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a medium-sized public school situated in Pembroke, North Carolina. It awarded 130 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,228 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend UNC Pembroke.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Valdosta State University is a fairly large public school situated in Valdosta, Georgia. It awarded 76 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,969 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend VSU.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Western Carolina University is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 101 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,722 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend Western Carolina University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1,579 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Florida State also took the #22 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida State University is $9,789 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. USF Tampa is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,205 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
On top of its placing in this ranking, USF Tampa also did well on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for USF Tampa is $8,355 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Louisiana Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Read full report on Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University
Nicholls State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It awarded 29 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $12,247 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Read more about Social Sciences at Nicholls State University
With a ranking of #9, Florida International University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 826 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend Florida International University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Social Sciences at Florida International University
McNeese State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Lake Charles, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,267 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend McNeese State University.
With a ranking of #11, Georgia Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 254 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend GaSou is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
With a ranking of #12, University of North Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and it awarded 123 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,396 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend University of North Georgia.
University of Florida ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 1,154 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Tennessee Technological University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 92 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Tennessee Tech University is $15,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #15, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. FAU is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 363 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $10,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
University of Central Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 647 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Memphis came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 112 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend University of Memphis.
University of West Georgia came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of West Georgia is a fairly large school located in Carrollton, Georgia that handed out 303 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of West Georgia is $16,124 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Read more about Social Sciences at University of West Georgia
University of Central Arkansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 110 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UCA is $15,376 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Kennesaw State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Kennesaw State University is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 280 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Appalachian State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. Appalachian State is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 289 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 428 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of New Orleans landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 60 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend University of New Orleans.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 116 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for A-State is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school handed out 88 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is $15,060 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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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%.
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- *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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