2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado”.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree social sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Colorado

#1

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #1 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus General Social Sciences Report

#2

Colorado State University - Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$14,653 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo is $14,653 for colorado bachelor’s degree social sciences students.

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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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