2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You
With 22,292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
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The Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Colleges.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Schools
Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . SIUE is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
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The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $24,172 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Illinois State also did well on our Best Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
NIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,738 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Valparaiso University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.
Valpo undergraduate students pay an average of $44,796 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WIU are $13,297 a year.
University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for social sciences students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
University of Akron Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.
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Marquette University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marquette are $45,766 per year.
Marquette excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
With a ranking of #8, Indiana State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Indiana State are $20,862 a year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.
UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BGSU are $21,050 per year.
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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,111 |
| Indiana | 290 |
| Ohio | 575 |
| Wisconsin | 518 |
| Michigan | 441 |
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| 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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