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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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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.

In 2019-2020, 2,491 people earned their degree in other social sciences, making the major the 247th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 174 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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. 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

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

#3 in overall quality

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. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UAB is $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UAB Other Social Sciences Report

#2

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, Florida
#6 in overall quality

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 fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 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 list, UWF has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UWF is $7,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students.

Full The University of West Florida Other Social Sciences Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the #3 spot on the 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 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 per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Full UT Chattanooga Other Social Sciences Report

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Warren Wilson College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Swannanoa, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Warren Wilson also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Warren Wilson College is $22,858 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

Read full report on Other Social Sciences at Warren Wilson

#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 College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Randolph - Macon, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Randolph - Macon Other Social Sciences Report

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 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.

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 full report on 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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