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2021 Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas

25 Colleges
6,631 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,336 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in TexasIn <nil>, social sciences students earned 6,631 bachelor's degrees from a Texas school, making the subject the 8th in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 4.5% of all the social sciences bachelor's degrees in the country.

For this year's Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas ranking, we looked at 25 colleges that offer a bachelor's in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social sciences program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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The University of Texas at Austin has taken the #1 spot in this year's social sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population. UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.

Read full report on Social Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 24,343 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M College Station. 9,943 of Texas A&M College Station students are attending part time.

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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

Texas State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas State has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas ranking.

About 2.0% of Texas State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 of Texas State students are attending part time.

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Houston - Clear Lake. Located in the large suburb of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The student loan default rate at UH Clear Lake is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,857 students take at least one class online at UH Clear Lake. About 4,970 of the students at UH Clear Lake are attending part time.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. SMU also made our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas list, coming in at #4.

The student loan default rate at SMU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 912 students at SMU are exclusively online. 3,019 of SMU students are attending part time.

Full Social Sciences at Southern Methodist University Report

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University of North Texas landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The student loan default rate at UNT is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. 12,105 of UNT students are attending part time.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of North Texas

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Dallas. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson. UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas list.

About 1.4% of UT Dallas students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,632 students at UT Dallas that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,977 part time students in attendance at UT Dallas.

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX

The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to St. Mary's University. Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. St. Mary's did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in Texas list.

The student loan default rate at St. Mary’s is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 981 students at St. Mary’s that take at least one class online. 518 of St. Mary’s students are attending part time.

Read full report on Social Sciences at St. Mary’s University

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University of Houston earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. About 13,663 of the students at UH are attending part time.

Full Social Sciences at University of Houston Report

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The University of Texas at San Antonio comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 20,824 students at UTSA that take at least one class online. About 10,436 of the students at UTSA are attending part time.

Read full report on Social Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Best for Non-Traditional Students Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,727
Oklahoma 744
New Mexico 460

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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