2021 Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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300Bachelor's Degrees
$23,995Avg 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 Plains States Region ranking analyzed 3 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States 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
Bellevue University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional general social sciences students. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Bellevue University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at Bellevue University is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 11,048 students at Bellevue University are exclusively online. 4,014 students are part time.
Metropolitan State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best general social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul. Metro State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 2,941 students at Metro State that take at least one class online. 4,032 of Metro State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Kansas State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan. As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at K -State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,181 students take at least one class online at K -State. 3,739 of K -State students are attending part time.
General Social Sciences Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, General Social Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 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).
