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Best Value Colleges for Sociology and Anthropology

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

10

Schools Ranked

$29,021

Avg. Earnings

31.1 yrs

Best Payback

251

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT · Private	$25,929	$38,337	31.1 yrs
2	St Olaf College Northfield, MN · Private	$15,453	$31,708	N/A
3	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY · Public	$9,270	$23,456	N/A
4	Denison University Granville, OH · Private	$18,607	$23,649	N/A
5	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA · Private	$30,077	$22,578	N/A
6	Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA · Public	$14,745	$29,685	N/A
7	Colgate University Hamilton, NY · Private	$17,557	$33,993	N/A
8	Roger Williams University Bristol, RI · Private	$33,796	$30,771	N/A
9	Centre College Danville, KY · Private	$18,180	$29,685	N/A
10	University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL · Public	$11,492	$26,353	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.