2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 22,292 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in the Southeast Region for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #3 for overall quality for social sciences in the Southeast Region .
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great value for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.
USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $21,126 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Social Sciences at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great value for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Virginia Tech also did well on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great value for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.
UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Out of the 28 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 per year.
UNC Chapel Hill also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
North Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 10% of our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Full Social Sciences at North Carolina State University Report
With a ranking of #7, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 a year.
Georgia Tech also made our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.
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Vanderbilt University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Vanderbilt is ranked #2 for overall quality for social sciences in the Southeast Region .
With a ranking of #9, Duke University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.
Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,798 per year.
Full Social Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report
Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 65 |
| Florida | 594 |
| North Carolina | 572 |
| Virginia | 627 |
| Tennessee | 187 |
| Georgia | 456 |
| South Carolina | 80 |
| Louisiana | 163 |
| West Virginia | 86 |
| Kentucky | 150 |
| Arkansas | 47 |
| Alabama | 263 |
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Majors Related to Social Sciences
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 averages are for the top 25 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).
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