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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,901 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 3,347 degrees and certificates were awarded to social sciences students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arizona 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.

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.

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

Check out the social sciences master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #1 spot in our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona rankings.

Full Social Sciences at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Arizona also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NAU are $11,555 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Arizona. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $12,608 per year.

ASU - Tempe did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.

Full Social Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 8,901
New Mexico 831
Oklahoma 1,373

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 4 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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