2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southwest Region” 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.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied/public sociology 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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The applied/public sociology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Applied/Public Sociology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree applied/public sociology students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied/Public Sociology in the Southwest Region

#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 in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Applied/Public Sociology at Texas State University

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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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