2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 51 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,300 and $26,926 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$11,831 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Pueblo also made our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Pueblo is $11,831 for colorado bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Global Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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