Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Bachelor's Social Sciences, General Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Social Sciences, General programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 77 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$8,90057%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 mi 2Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$11,0006%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 3California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$11,00097%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 4California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$15,44698%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 5California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$16,19494%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 6University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$16,33829%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 7California State University-ChicoChico, California$16,50093%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 8Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas$18,45793%955$11k$54k40%6,599114 mi 9California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$18,71995%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 10University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii$19,88995%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 11Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$19,9374%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 12Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$20,00082%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 13The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$20,23894%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 14University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$20,42990%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 15University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$20,55939%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 16San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$20,91536%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 17University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$21,00074%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 18University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$21,24697%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 19Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$21,384———$69k—6,70720 mi 20University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$22,44286%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 21University of North TexasDenton, Texas$22,62572%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 22University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$22,91658%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 23University of OregonEugene, Oregon$22,91788%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 24Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia$23,25099%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 25Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$23,37524%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 26Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma$23,573——$15k$43k29%2,657450 mi 27University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$23,599——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 28University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$24,09543%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 29St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York$24,50072%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 30Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York$24,74752%1380$35k$47k68%2,41449 mi 31University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin$24,75088%1150$17k$58k55%5,842126 mi 32Whittier CollegeWhittier, California$24,93781%—$26k$59k60%76417 mi 33Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$25,00087%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 34Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia$25,00090%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 35Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon$25,00098%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 36University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, South Dakota$25,02883%—$21k$55k63%1,218317 mi 37Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$25,40987%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 38Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$25,50071%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 39Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa$25,80596%1090$21k$53k34%1,994198 mi 40Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York$26,08079%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 41Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$26,18191%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 42Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York$26,59366%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 43University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$26,80040%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 44Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina$26,95596%1059$22k$46k47%2,89312 mi 45Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania$26,97290%—$23k$62k66%2,896100 mi 46Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$26,97886%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 47New York UniversityNew York, New York$27,0009%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 48University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$27,00058%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 49University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania$27,00095%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 50University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania$27,00095%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 51Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, New York$27,00063%—$42k$61k53%1,1052 mi 52Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon$27,16789%—$17k$49k43%2,75179 mi 53Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan$27,40083%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 54University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$27,43177%—$19k$64k60%9,981245 mi 55Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$27,50082%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 56Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama$28,12596%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi 57Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, North Carolina$29,03069%—$14k$38k30%60322 mi 58Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$29,19885%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 59Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$29,50061%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 60Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$29,50091%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 61Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$30,88794%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 62Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$31,00091%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 63Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$31,00099%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 64Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida$31,00057%1205$25k$68k51%2,93012 mi 65Touro UniversityNew York, New York$33,93761%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 66Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri$34,39074%950$16k$44k58%6,373320 mi 67North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina$34,56287%1050$15k$43k42%6,081108 mi 68Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska$34,734——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi 69Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$35,354100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 70University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina$37,50073%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 71Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$37,77098%—$17k$77k—6,563745 mi 72Allen UniversityColumbia, South Carolina$38,19873%—$11k$30k13%576101 mi 73University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan$38,85056%1115$9k$60k58%5,9526 mi 74The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$41,281——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 75Belhaven UniversityJackson, Mississippi$46,09850%1124$16k$46k49%1,471133 mi 76Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$47,00014%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 77Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia$47,01069%1271$24k$58k70%4,500157 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.