2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

General Social Sciences is the #89 most popular major in Alabama with 24 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama 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.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Alabama

Check out the social sciences programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in General Social Sciences

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	3
Florida	43
Georgia	27
North Carolina	0
Louisiana	42
South Carolina	4

General Social Sciences Related Majors for Social Sciences

General Social Sciences is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.