2022 Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Applied/Public Sociology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 36 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied/public sociology. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree applied/public sociology students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (With Aid)

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Applied/Public Sociology at Texas State University

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree applied/public sociology students with aid list, Eastern Michigan has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Applied/Public Sociology at Eastern Michigan 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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