2021 Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
4Colleges
118Bachelor's Degrees
$21,978Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
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2021 Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying social sciences.
Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Houston - Downtown tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional general social sciences students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public college with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UH Downtown has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UH Downtown is lower than is typical, just 0.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,159 students at UH Downtown that take at least one class online. About 8,391 of the students at UH Downtown are attending part time.
University of North Texas earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton. UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNT is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,194 students at UNT that take at least one class online. 12,105 students are part time.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best general social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a very large student population. UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at UT Rio Grande Valley is lower than is typical, just 0.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 16,522 students at UT Rio Grande Valley that take at least one class online. About 10,418 of the students at UT Rio Grande Valley are attending part time.
Rogers State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best general social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the fringe town of Claremore, RSU is a public school with a small student population. RSU also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 1,359 students take at least one class online at RSU. 1,185 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Social Sciences
General Social Sciences is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
