2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 610 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,420 and $26,661 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,270 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OHIO Athens General Social Sciences Report

#2

University of Michigan - Flint

Flint, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$18,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UM Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree social sciences students list, UM Flint has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Flint are $18,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at UM Flint

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,290 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 235 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Chicago

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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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