Social Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #5 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for social sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,470 degrees in social sciences to qualified students.
The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Social Sciences Schools in Utah.
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The schools below may not offer all types of social sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in social sciences has to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 451 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social sciences program at Brigham Young University - Provo get $6,424 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student pursuing a degree in social sciences has to look into University of Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 907 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career earnings of $38,431.
Every student pursuing a degree in social sciences needs to check out Utah State University. USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 656 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the social sciences program make about $33,687 for their early career.
Utah Valley University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in social sciences. UVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Orem. This university ranks 4th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 173 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program report average early career earnings of $33,412.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
