2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k

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In 2019-2020, 19,742 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States. 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 Virginia, there were 1,697 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,800 and $14,112 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in Virginia

#1

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$16,447 Average Net Price

$31,314 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k. Radford University is located in Radford, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Radford also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Radford University is $16,447 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Radford University General Social Sciences Report

#2

Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$23,425 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

VWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Wesleyan University is $23,425 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at VWU

#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$28,903 Average Net Price

$32,382 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making Over $110k. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Liberty University.

Full Liberty University General Social Sciences Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (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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