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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Idaho

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,874 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 57 degrees and certificates from an Idaho school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Idaho ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Idaho 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.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Colleges.

Best Idaho Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Sciences

$8,060 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Boise State University to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Idaho. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boise State are $8,060 a year.

Boise State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Social Sciences Schools in Idaho list.

Full Social Sciences at Boise State University Report

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID
$7,872 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Idaho State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Idaho. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.

ISU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ISU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Social Sciences Schools in Idaho list.

Full Social Sciences at Idaho State University Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 228
Colorado 423
Montana 32
Wyoming 16

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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