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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alabama, there were 237 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,967 and $26,401 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sociology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sociology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Read full report on Sociology at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 3 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also made our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sociology at University of South Alabama

#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 4 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sociology at Auburn University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

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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