2021 Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges
358Bachelor's Degrees
$30,317Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying social sciences.
Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Michigan State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's general social sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. 6,517 of Michigan State students are attending part time.
Grand Valley State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best general social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Allendale, GVSU is a public college with a fairly large student population. GVSU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 9,026 students take at least one class online at GVSU. 3,880 of GVSU students are attending part time.
University of Michigan - Dearborn comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UM Dearborn also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UM Dearborn is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,760 students take at least one class online at UM Dearborn. About 3,050 of the students at UM Dearborn are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Social Sciences
General Social Sciences is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
