2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 the Southwest region, there were 517 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,400 and $17,717 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 358 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$8,632 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 20 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

RSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,632 for southwest region associate degree social sciences students with aid per year to attend RSC.

Read more about General Social Sciences at RSC

#2

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,078 Average Net Price

$24,904 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 28 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulsa Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,078 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend Tulsa Community College.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Tulsa Community College

#3

Arizona Western College

Yuma, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$10,165 Average Net Price

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Western College landed the #3 spot on the list. Yuma, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

AWC also made our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend AWC is $10,165 for southwest region associate degree social sciences students with aid.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Arizona Western College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (With Aid)

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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