2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 18,762 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Mississippi, there were 55 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,787 and $15,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi associate degree general social sciences students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Mississippi

1

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi

#11 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi. This small school is located in Scooba, Mississippi, and it awarded 12 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

#13 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perkinston, Mississippi. It awarded 9 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

#20 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is located in Wesson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.

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3

Belhaven University
Jackson, Mississippi

#7 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 28 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Belhaven University

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences

Notes and References

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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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