by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri 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 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 “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Full Southeast Missouri State University General Social Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Missouri Baptist University
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Evangel University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Evangel University
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #4 spot on the list. UMSL is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rockhurst University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s. Kansas City, 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 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Webster University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Missouri for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Webster 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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