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2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 498 people earned their degree in sociology and anthropology, making the major the 268th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, sociology and anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,000 and had an average of $22,047 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 97 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,900 and $31,257 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in sociology and anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology and anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sociology and anthropology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology & Anthropology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington and Lee University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Washington and Lee University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lexington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Washington and Lee also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Washington and Lee University is $1,612 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Valdosta State University is a fairly large school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 43 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

VSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for VSU is $11,780 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Centre College

Danville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Centre College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Centre College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Danville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Centre College of Kentucky did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $14,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Centre College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Wofford College

Spartanburg, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wofford College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Wofford is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 10 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Wofford has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,618 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wofford.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Guilford College

Greensboro, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Guilford is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Guilford has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Guilford is $19,885 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Spelman College

Atlanta, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Spelman College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Spelman College is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 4 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Spelman has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Spelman is $40,517 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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