2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 22 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

#1

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,538 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Castleton, Vermont, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Castleton also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $18,538 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Castleton.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Castleton

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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