2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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 Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 37,747 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 402 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sociology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree sociology students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 3 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sociology at UCONN

#2

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$26,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SCSU also made our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Connecticut State University are $26,658.

Read more about Sociology at SCSU

#3

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

Yale also made our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500.

Read full report on Sociology at Yale

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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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