2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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Sociology & Anthropology is the 557th most popular major in the country with 498 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 97 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sociology and anthropology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology & Anthropology in the Southeast Region
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #1 spot on the list. VSU is a public institution located in Valdosta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
VSU also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Valdosta State University is $13,969 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Spelman College landed the #2 spot on the list. Spelman College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 4 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.
Spelman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Spelman College is $43,843 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Centre College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Danville, Kentucky, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology 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. The yearly cost to attend Centre College of Kentucky is $22,251 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students.
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. 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 student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Guilford College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.
Guilford also took the #6 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Guilford College is $22,996 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wofford College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Wofford also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Wofford is $25,674 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sociology & Anthropology students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
Washington and Lee University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Lexington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Washington and Lee not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Washington and Lee University is $22,615 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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%.
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- *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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