by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 18,997 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 520 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,486 and $31,143 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree social sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Nebraska Community College General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. El Dorado, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Butler Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Independence Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Independence, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Independence Community College General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Social Sciences at University of Sioux Falls
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Evangel University landed the #5 spot on the list. Evangel is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Barton County Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Barton County Community College is located in Great Bend, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Full Barton Community College General Social Sciences Report
Northeast Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Dodge City Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Dodge City, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Dodge City Community College
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