2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama 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 Alabama, there were 102 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,200 and $31,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,191 and $26,651 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama bachelor’s degree social sciences students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$14,130 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UNA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $14,130 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend University of North Alabama.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at UNA

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$14,285 Average Net Price

$29,374 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

TROY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $14,285 for alabama bachelor’s degree social sciences students with aid per year to attend Troy University.

Full TROY General Social Sciences Report

#3

University of Montevallo

Montevallo, Alabama

#4 in overall quality

$16,435 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Montevallo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Montevallo, Alabama, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Montevallo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $16,435 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend University of Montevallo.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Montevallo

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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