2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,890 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,444 and $21,272 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 111 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

#4 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Towson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Towson University General Social Sciences Report

#2

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#5 in overall quality

$18,508 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,729 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Cal U also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal U are $18,508, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cal U General Social Sciences Report

#3

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #3 spot on the list.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree social sciences students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Penn State University Park

#4

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 29 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York General Social Sciences Report

#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

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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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