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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,826 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,933 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to general social sciences students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #169 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a .

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in General Social Sciences

$10,543 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Edinboro, Edinboro is a public college with a small student population.

Edinboro undergraduate students pay an average of $10,543 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

$11,108 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal U are $11,108 a year.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 52
Maryland 66
New Jersey 28

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

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