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

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” 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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in other social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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

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

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students per year to attend UAB.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Other Social Sciences Report

#2

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of West Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. The University of West Florida is a public institution located in Pensacola, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UWF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of West Florida is $7,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students.

Full The University of West Florida Other Social Sciences Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a fairly large public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 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. It costs about $12,952 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

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#4

Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Warren Wilson College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. 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 also made our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Warren Wilson College is $22,858 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Social Sciences students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

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#5

Randolph - Macon College

Ashland, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Randolph - Macon College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Randolph - Macon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ashland, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Randolph - Macon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Randolph - Macon is $26,370 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.

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 a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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.

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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%.

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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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