by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Connecticut, there were 21 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,426 and $26,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general social sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s. Located in Danbury, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s list. UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #3 spot on the list. Albertus Magnus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 3 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holy Apostles College and Seminary. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cromwell, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Holy Apostles College and Seminary
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