2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 205,984 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree 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. 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Social Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best value school in the Plains States Region for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.
Iowa State 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 Plains States Region list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.
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University of Missouri - Columbia 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. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.
Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Iowa came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.
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University of Missouri - St Louis 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 #8 on the list. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 per year.
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Washington University in St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WUSTL also is in the top 10% of our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 1,073 |
| Minnesota | 2,741 |
| Iowa | 1,455 |
| South Dakota | 262 |
| Missouri | 2,156 |
| Nebraska | 833 |
| North Dakota | 194 |
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Majors Related to Social Sciences
Social Sciences Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| Sociology | 38,475 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
| Anthropology | 11,415 |
| Criminology | 11,039 |
| Geography & Cartography | 8,526 |
| Other Social Sciences | 2,414 |
| Urban Studies | 1,507 |
| Sociology & Anthropology | 541 |
| Archeology | 339 |
| Demography & Population Studies | 88 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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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