by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nevada” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nevada, there were 120 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,986 and $22,276 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nevada” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sociology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nevada” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada bachelor’s degree sociology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nevada list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 73 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 31 students 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%.
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