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2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
1,609 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,063 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,609 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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 an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Located in Annandale, Virginia, this large public school awarded 512 diplomas to qualified associates’s general social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Social Sciences students.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Reynolds Community College

Richmond, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Reynolds Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general social sciences degrees to 303 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Reynolds Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,961 for southeast region associate degree general social sciences students per year to attend Reynolds Community College.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Nelson Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. TNCC is a medium-sized school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 269 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree general social sciences students list, TNCC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TNCC is $7,092 for southeast region associate degree general social sciences students.

Full Thomas Nelson Community College General Social Sciences Report

#4

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 427 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,408 for southeast region associate degree general social sciences students per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Tidewater Community College

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Western Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 69 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Western Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,830 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Social Sciences students per year to attend Virginia Western Community College.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Virginia Western Community College

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 2 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane University of Louisiana is $37,841 for southeast region associate degree general social sciences students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana General Social Sciences Report

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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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