by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas” ranking.
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 Texas, there were 185 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,314 and $24,285 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Adventist University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas. Southwestern Adventist University is located in Keene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Full Southwestern Adventist University General Social Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sul Ross State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Alpine, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas list. UT Tyler is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Full The University of Texas at Tyler General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Houston - Downtown General Social Sciences Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, West Texas A&M University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Social Sciences at West Texas A&M University
Southern Methodist University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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