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2023 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,968 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,044 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 84 degrees and certificates were awarded to other social sciences students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #141 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for other social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

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

2023 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Other Social Sciences Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Social Sciences

$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the best value school for other social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in California. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCLA are $13,258 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Other Social Sciences Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Other Social Sciences at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Diego State University is a great value for other social sciences students. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SDSU are $8,136 a year.

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$41,510 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Azusa Pacific are $41,510 per year.

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Best Value Other Social Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1

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

Majors Similar to Other 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 3 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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