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

General Social Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #67 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 100 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 Virginia 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 Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Sciences

1

Radford University
Radford, VA

14 Annual Graduates

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Radford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Radford is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Radford.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Radford University

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

16 Annual Graduates

$23,250 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Liberty University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Liberty University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	563
Georgia	224	17
Tennessee	220	269
North Carolina	213	114
South Carolina	195	60
Kentucky	187	52
Alabama	184	71
Louisiana	171	17
Mississippi	169	34
Arkansas	167	16
West Virginia	147	14

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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	100

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	1,685
Economics	1,201
International Relations & National Security	911
Sociology	898
Anthropology	197
Geography & Cartography	172
Urban Studies	40
Sociology & Anthropology	16

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.