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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 205,984 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 764 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,874 and $22,193 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular social sciences programs in the United States.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 21 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 13 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Idaho for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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