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 “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina 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 North Carolina, there were 114 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,003 and $30,654 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general social sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 North Carolina 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 north carolina bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina Central University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 97 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Social Sciences at North Carolina Central University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Campbell University is a medium-sized school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina that handed out 14 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Chowan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chowan University is located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Chowan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Piedmont International University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Piedmont International University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 Piedmont International University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Andrews University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. St. Andrews is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at St. Andrews University
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full Gardner - Webb University General Social Sciences Report
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