2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Delaware

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 Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Delaware” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Delaware, there were 826 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,050 and $24,405 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,450 and $63,414 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Delaware”.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware doctor’s degree social sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Delaware

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$35,192 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 29 doctorate’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UD Social Sciences Report

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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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