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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
167 Degrees Awarded
$14,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree social sciences students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s social sciences degrees 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%.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus General Social Sciences Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s social sciences 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. It costs about $12,159 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend University of Wyoming.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree social sciences students list, Colorado State University - Pueblo has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo is $14,653 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.

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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 88 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for U of U is $14,773 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Boise State also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boise State is $15,787 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students.

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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%.

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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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