2022 Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Applied/Public Sociology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 36 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied/public sociology 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 applied/public sociology 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Applied/Public Sociology at Texas State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $0-$30k)

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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