by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 197,356 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In , social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,428 and had an average of $22,588 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 63 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,543 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $28,711 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 4 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Alaska. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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