2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Nevada

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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Nevada” 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 Nevada, there were 32 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Nevada” ranking looked at 2 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Nevada

The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada bachelor’s degree general social sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Nevada

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Great Basin College
Elko, Nevada

#9 overall quality in Nevada

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Elko, Nevada, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general social sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full Great Basin College General Social Sciences Report

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Nevada. UNLV is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nevada - Las Vegas General Social Sciences Report

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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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