by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Nevada” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Nevada, there were 32 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,787 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Nevada” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general social sciences.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Nevada”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Elko, Nevada, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Nevada. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 21 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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