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2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Social Sciences is the 175th most popular major in the country with 2,491 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,168 and had an average of $25,972 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 174 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,100 and $27,201 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other social sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other social sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of West Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, UWF has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $4,140 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UWF.

Read more about Other Social Sciences at The University of West Florida

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 16 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, Tulane has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tulane is $23,968 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Other Social Sciences at Tulane

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee that handed out 33 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is $8,108 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.

UAB also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAB is $14,554 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Other Social Sciences Report

#5

Randolph - Macon College

Ashland, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Randolph - Macon College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Ashland, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Randolph - Macon also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,012 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Randolph - Macon College.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6

Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Warren Wilson College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Swannanoa, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Warren Wilson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Warren Wilson is $20,932 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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