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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$6,290 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, social sciences was ranked 9th in Nevada. In fact, 63 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Nevada. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNR are $6,290 a year.

UNR did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Nevada - Reno

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,501
Washington 147
Oregon 280
Hawaii 63
Alaska 7

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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