2023 Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Science, Technology & Society School for You
In 2020-2021, 198 people earned a degree or certificate in science, technology and society, making the major the #225 most popular in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for science, tech and society students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools in the United States
Check out the science, tech and society programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Science, Technology & Society Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the United States for science, technology and society students. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best science, technology and society schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.
Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
MIT undergraduate students pay an average of $55,878 in tuition and fees each year.
MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools list. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $19,184 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools list. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $36,579 per year.
GMU also claimed a spot on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Georgetown University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value science, technology and society programs. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
Georgetown undergraduate students pay an average of $59,957 in tuition and fees each year.
Georgetown excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list.
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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mizzou are $30,450 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 20% of our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools ranking.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value science, technology and society programs. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RPI are $58,526 per year.
RPI also claimed a spot on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for science, technology and society students. It came in at #9 on the list. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year.
University of Southern California came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Science, Technology & Society Schools ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Science, Technology & Society Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Science, Technology & Society by Region
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Science, Technology & Society Related Majors for Science, Tech & Society
One of 36 majors within the area of study, science, technology and society has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Science, Tech & Society
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 2,491 |
| Sustainability Science | 1,547 |
| Nutrition Science | 1,496 |
| Behavioral Science | 1,358 |
| Computational Science | 1,063 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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