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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$19,662 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

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

Social Sciences is the #12 most popular major in Michigan with 441 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $25,230 per year.

U-M not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great value for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Michigan State are $19,714 a year.

Michigan State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Full Social Sciences at Michigan State University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Michigan. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $16,672 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Social Sciences at Eastern Michigan University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WMU are $17,807 a year.

Full Social Sciences at Western Michigan University Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $18,937 per year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,111
Indiana 290
Ohio 575
Wisconsin 518

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 5 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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