by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 18,762 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 178 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas list. Southwestern Adventist University is a small school located in Keene, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sul Ross State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas. Sul Ross State University is a public institution located in Alpine, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Sul Ross State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Tyler. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas. The University of Texas at Tyler is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas list. University of Houston - Downtown is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at UT Rio Grande Valley
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas ranking. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
West Texas A&M University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at West Texas A&M University
Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Texas ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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