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Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

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

Social Sciences is one of the most popular subjects to study in Wisconsin. With 3,504 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree 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 master's degree 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.

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

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $12,175 per year.

UW - Madison also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
Indiana 2,941
Michigan 4,213
Ohio 4,915
Illinois 5,866

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

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 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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