by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Minnesota” ranking.
Sociology is the 20th most popular major in the country with 38,394 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Minnesota, there were 264 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. That schools that top this list have a program in sociology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree sociology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Minnesota list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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