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2022 Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$32,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sociology and anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sociology and anthropology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology & Anthropology (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valdosta State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Valdosta State University is located in Valdosta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to qualified students.

VSU also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,969 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend VSU.

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#2

Centre College

Danville, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Centre College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Centre College of Kentucky is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Danville, Kentucky. It awarded 18 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Centre College of Kentucky also took the #4 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Centre College of Kentucky is $22,251 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students whose families make more than $110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

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 #3 for the Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Wofford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $25,674 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Wofford.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Sociology & Anthropology at Wofford

#4

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington and Lee University landed the #4 spot on the list. Washington and Lee 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 $22,615 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at Washington and Lee University

#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 Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Guilford College is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Guilford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,996 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Guilford.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at Guilford College

#6

Spelman College

Atlanta, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

Spelman College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology and anthropology students in 2019-2020.

Spelman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Spelman is $43,843 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students whose families make more than $110k.

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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