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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 18,762 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 555 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree general social sciences students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Mills Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bay Mills Community College is located in Brimley, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Michigan College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Dowagiac, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Henry Ford College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Henry Ford College is a fairly large school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 2 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Indiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Southern Indiana
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lansing Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Lansing Community College is a fairly large school located in Lansing, Michigan that handed out 2 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern Michigan College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Traverse City, Michigan, and it awarded 0 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Northwestern Michigan College
Valparaiso University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valparaiso, Indiana. It awarded 0 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Shawnee State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Shawnee State University is a small public school situated in Portsmouth, Ohio. It awarded 10 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Shawnee State University
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