2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

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General Social Sciences is the 39th most popular major in the country with 19,542 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 244 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and cost less that 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 General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,508 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. California University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized school located in California, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal U also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal U are $18,508, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Cal U

#2

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

$17,835 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Edinboro, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Edinboro are $17,835, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Edinboro General Social Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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