2024 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #67 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 246 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Social Sciences School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The social sciences bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality social sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general social sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general social sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general social sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Sciences

1

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

210 Annual Graduates

$36,350 Median Starting Salary

$23,599 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland Global Campus is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. UMGC is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Soon after graduating, social sciences bachelor's recipients typically make around $36,350 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Maryland Global Campus

2

Towson University
Towson, MD

15 Annual Graduates

$20,000 Median Student Debt

Towson University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Towson University

3

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

11 Annual Graduates

Coppin State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Coppin is a small public university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Coppin State University

4

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

10 Annual Graduates

Frostburg State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Frostburg State is a small public university located in the suburb of Frostburg.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Frostburg State University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Social Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	923
Pennsylvania	274	146
New Jersey	193	251
Delaware	130	147
District of Columbia	126	1

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General Social Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, General Social Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Social Sciences Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences	246

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	1,229
Political Science & Government	1,012
Sociology	407
Other Social Sciences	240
International Relations & National Security	170
Geography & Cartography	104
Anthropology	61
Urban Studies	8
Archeology	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui). More about our data sources and methodologies.