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 Missouri” ranking.
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 Missouri, there were 48 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,090 and $33,079 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 21 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Southeast Missouri State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Evangel University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. MBU is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Missouri Baptist University General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rockhurst University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri. Rockhurst is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Rockhurst University
Webster University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Missouri ranking. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s 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%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Webster University
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