by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 18,762 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Iowa, there were 30 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Iowa”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 23 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa list. Central College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pella, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, William Penn University landed the #3 spot on the list. William Penn University is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Wartburg College landed the #4 spot on the list. Wartburg College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waverly, Iowa. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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