2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Alabama

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Alabama, there were 102 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,200 and $31,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Alabama

#1

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 16 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TROY, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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