2022 Best Vallue Sociology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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 the Plains States region, there were 1,307 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,378 and $24,379 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Sociology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree sociology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,252 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Sociology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s sociology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sociology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $19,252 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Sociology students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Sociology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income Over $110k)

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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