2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Social Sciences is the 247th most popular major in the country with 2,491 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 127 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 37 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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