If you plan on majoring in general social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in Utah to review for the 2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Utah ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Social Sciences Schools in Utah ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the social sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Utah is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduating, social sciences degree recipients typically earn an average of $35,363 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
