2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 205,726 social sciences students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 14,301 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,155 and $22,401 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11,001 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 60 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the Southwest Region
Out of the 60 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 526 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized public school situated in Odessa, Texas. It awarded 54 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Permian Basin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is $10,092 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend East Central University is $10,334 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
Out of the 60 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 473 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,819 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend Angelo State University.
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 299 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #24 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public institution located in Edinburg, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 153 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Social Sciences Report
Northern Arizona University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 509 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 109 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend SHSU.
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Texas Woman’s University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 90 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students per year to attend TWU.
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 344 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
UNT also made our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #18. The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Tarleton State University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton is $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
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With a ranking of #14, Southeastern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Durant, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern Oklahoma State University is $8,237 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
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University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 68 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Clear Lake is $10,612 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
University of North Texas at Dallas ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas at Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
UNT Dallas also took the #25 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNT Dallas is $8,488 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.
Texas Tech University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 320 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Texas State University landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 441 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
MSU Texas landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. MSU Texas is a medium-sized school located in Wichita Falls, Texas that handed out 19 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for MSU Texas is $10,045 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Texas A&M International University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 45 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M International University is $3,074 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 109 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #19 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 307 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
University of Oklahoma also took the #15 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Social Sciences Report
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $16,332 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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Texas A&M University - San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. Texas A&M San Antonio is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 167 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - San Antonio is $11,511 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.
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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%.
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- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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