2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 37,807 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 24th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,727 and had an average of $23,622 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 839 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,490 and $27,260 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology in Georgia

#1

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 3 doctorate’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sociology at Georgia State University

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 1 doctorate’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 5 doctorate’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sociology at Emory 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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