by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia” ranking.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 35,816 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $31,418 and had an average of $22,369 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 716 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,450 and $24,617 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,682 and $44,244 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sociology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree sociology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark Atlanta University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia list. This fairly large school is located in Valdosta, Georgia, and it awarded 8 masters’s sociology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s sociology students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s sociology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia list. Carrollton, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Georgia Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Georgia ranking. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 30 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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