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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Arizona (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
2,739 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 205,726 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 3,516 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,500 and $24,557 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,739 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Arizona (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 871 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid.

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

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 526 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $13,971 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 615 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. NAU is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 509 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 96 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $35,396 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, 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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