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2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Sociology & Anthropology is the 268th most popular major in the country with 498 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sociology and anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,000 and had an average of $22,047 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 97 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,900 and $31,257 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in sociology and anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology and anthropology 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 sociology and anthropology 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 Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology & Anthropology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington and Lee University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Washington and Lee is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lexington, Virginia. It awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washington and Lee, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Washington and Lee University.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at Washington and Lee

#2

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Valdosta State University is a fairly large school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 43 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

VSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Valdosta State University is $17,287 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full VSU Sociology & Anthropology Report

#3

Centre College

Danville, Kentucky

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Centre College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Danville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sociology and anthropology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k list, Centre College of Kentucky has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $22,219 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Centre College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Centre College of Kentucky Sociology & Anthropology Report

#4

Wofford College

Spartanburg, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wofford College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Wofford also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $28,717 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Wofford College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at Wofford College

#5

Guilford College

Greensboro, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Guilford College is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Guilford also took the #6 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Guilford is $25,918 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Guilford College Sociology & Anthropology Report

#6

Spelman College

Atlanta, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Spelman College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Spelman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $43,655 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Spelman.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Spelman College Sociology & Anthropology Report

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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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