2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 California, there were 9,920 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,740 and $19,771 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree social sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in California

#1

California State University - Chico

Chico, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,802 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California. Located in Chico, California, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Chico State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Chico are $18,802, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Chico State

#2

California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California

#2 in overall quality

$17,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,281 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the #2 spot on the list. San Bernardino, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

CSUSB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUSB are $17,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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