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2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master's in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Sociology is the 24th most popular major in the country with 37,807 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,727 and had an average of $23,622 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 135 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,300 and $23,638 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sociology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sociology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our montana master’s degree sociology students whose families make $30-$48k list, UM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sociology at UM

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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