2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 36 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, applied/public sociology is the most popular major in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied/public sociology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied/public sociology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied/public sociology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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