2023 Best Value Sociology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Sociology Doctor's Degree School for You
Sociology is the #27 most popular major in the country with 38,475 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Sociology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for sociology 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.
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2023 Best Value Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the sociology doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Sociology Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for sociology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.
Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sociology schools in the Southeast Region . NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for sociology students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UNC Chapel Hill is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Out of the 23 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.
UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Alabama at Birmingham helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sociology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UAB graduate students pay an average of $19,188 in tuition and fees each year.
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Vanderbilt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sociology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Vanderbilt is ranked #2 for overall quality for sociology in the Southeast Region .
With a ranking of #7, Duke University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for sociology students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #5 for overall quality for sociology in the Southeast Region .
University of South Florida - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 a year.
West Virginia University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WVU are $26,676 a year.
Florida State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sociology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 per year.
Best Sociology Colleges by State
Explore the best sociology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 766 |
| Virginia | 937 |
| North Carolina | 1,105 |
| Florida | 1,076 |
| Tennessee | 428 |
| Kentucky | 277 |
| South Carolina | 382 |
| Louisiana | 407 |
| Arkansas | 228 |
| Alabama | 223 |
| Mississippi | 114 |
| West Virginia | 191 |
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Majors Related to Sociology
Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Sociology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
| Anthropology | 11,415 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 23 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 Kontos.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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