2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 36 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, applied/public sociology is the most popular major in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied/public sociology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied/public sociology programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree applied/public sociology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Applied/Public Sociology at Texas State University

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Eastern Michigan University Applied/Public Sociology Report

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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