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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,152 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 518 degrees and certificates from a Wisconsin school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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

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 Social Sciences Schools in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a .

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Sciences

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in Wisconsin for social sciences students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $10,720 per year.

UW - Madison also made our Best Social Sciences Schools in Wisconsin list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Madison

$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the # 2 spot on the list. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UWM are $9,610 per year.

Full Social Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,111
Indiana 290
Ohio 575
Michigan 441

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 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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