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

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In 2019-2020, 19,542 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 472 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

• 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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