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2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in other social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other social sciences programs, but they also 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 other social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. UWF is a fairly large public school situated in Pensacola, Florida. It awarded 14 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UWF also made our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $7,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid per year to attend UWF.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid list, UAB has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAB is $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid.

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

Read more about Other Social Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga also made our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $12,952 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid per year to attend UT Chattanooga.

Read more about Other Social Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

#4

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Randolph - Macon College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ashland, Virginia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid list, Randolph - Macon has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $26,370 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend Randolph - Macon.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Other Social Sciences at Randolph - Macon

#5

Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, North Carolina
#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Warren Wilson College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Swannanoa, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Warren Wilson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,858 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students with aid per year to attend Warren Wilson.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 Warren Wilson College

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $37,841 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Social Sciences at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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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