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2023 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$53,976 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,528 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sociology & Anthropology School for You

Sociology & Anthropology is the #275 most popular major in the country with 541 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for sociology and anthropology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the sociology and anthropology programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Sociology & Anthropology

#1

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Carleton College the best value school in the Plains States Region for sociology and anthropology students. Located in the distant town of Northfield, Carleton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Carleton undergraduate students pay an average of $60,225 in tuition and fees each year.

Carleton also made our Best Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Sociology & Anthropology at Carleton College

#2

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Northfield.

St. Olaf undergraduate students pay an average of $52,670 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, sociology and anthropology majors at St. Olaf accumulate an average of around $24,301 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, St. Olaf is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Sociology & Anthropology Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on Sociology & Anthropology at St Olaf College

#3

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA
$47,726 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Cornell College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology and anthropology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Mount Vernon, Cornell College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cornell College are $47,726 a year.

Read full report on Sociology & Anthropology at Cornell College

Best Sociology & Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology and anthropology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 41
Iowa 3
Nebraska 4

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Sociology & Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related 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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Internet Archive Book Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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