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2023 Best Value Sociology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,609 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sociology Master's Degree School for You

With 867 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, sociology is the #51 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

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.

The Best Value Sociology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which master'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.

2023 Best Value Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Sociology

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus the best value school in Pennsylvania for sociology students working on their master’s degree. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

IUP graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sociology schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for sociology students working on their master’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

UPenn also took the #2 spot in our Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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Best Value Sociology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Sociology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,937
Maryland 449
New Jersey 543
District of Columbia 138
Delaware 66

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 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 Kontos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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