2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Sciences Master'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.
The Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Plains States Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the social sciences master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Missouri State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwest are $7,064 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.
North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.
Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.
Bellevue University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bellevue University are $11,730 a year.
Lindenwood University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree social sciences programs. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 per year.
University of Northern Iowa came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNI are $21,201 per year.
UNI also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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University of North Dakota ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.
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Creighton University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 a year.
Creighton also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
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 25 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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