by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Social Sciences is the 54th most popular major in the country with 18,997 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,991 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 568 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,813 and $28,816 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general social sciences.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bay Mills Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Brimley, Michigan, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Michigan College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southwestern Michigan College is a small school located in Dowagiac, Michigan that handed out 1 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Southwestern Michigan College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henry Ford College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Henry Ford College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lansing Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lansing, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Shawnee State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Portsmouth, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Full Shawnee State University General Social Sciences Report
Northwestern Michigan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. NMC is located in Traverse City, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Valparaiso University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Valpo is a small school located in Valparaiso, Indiana that handed out 0 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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