2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied/public sociology programs and cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree applied/public sociology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$12,195 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,195 for bachelor’s degree applied/public sociology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend East Carolina University.

Read full report on Applied/Public Sociology at East Carolina University

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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