2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Vermont

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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 Vermont, there were 790 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Vermont” ranking analyzed 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Vermont

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Vermont.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. UVM is a fairly large public school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 7 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Sciences at University of Vermont

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$20,264 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Vermont list. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Norwich, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Norwich are $20,264.

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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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