by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
Across Iowa, there were 16 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa. This small school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Wartburg College landed the #2 spot on the list. Wartburg College is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s other 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in Iowa list. Dordt University is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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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