2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana

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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 Louisiana, there were 62 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,500 and $41,089 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,892 and $18,805 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Louisiana

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$37,841 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 2 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $37,841 for Louisiana Associate Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend Tulane.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Tulane

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southeast Region
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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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