2024 Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools
20
Colleges in the United States
11,791
Associate Degrees
Ranked #11 in popularity,
general social sciences is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 20 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 11,791 associate degrees in general social sciences to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Social Sciences School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of general social sciences for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality general social sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general social sciences students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general social sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general social sciences students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank General Social Sciences Schools
The general social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools.
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