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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
167 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 243 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,875 and $20,857 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UW is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wyoming is $9,200 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UW General Social Sciences Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social sciences degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Utah is $13,192 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Pueblo, Colorado, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Pueblo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Pueblo is $11,831 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Global Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Colorado State University - Global Campus

#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Boise State University is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Boise State University is $13,146 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *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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