2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
655Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
$37,783Avg Early-Career Salary
General Social Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #54 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 655 degrees in general social sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of general social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 General Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the social sciences degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in general social sciences needs to look into University of Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 227 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available. General Social Sciences degree recipients from University of Chicago receive an earnings boost of around $16,005 over the typical income of general social sciences graduates.
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
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It's difficult to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 96 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. General Social Sciences degree recipients from Michigan State University earn a boost of about $8,423 above the typical earnings of general social sciences graduates.
It is hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Naperville, North Central is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 11 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at North Central in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 65 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available. Those general social sciences students who get their degree from Grand Valley State University receive $5,434 more than the standard social sciences student.
Located in the distant town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 11 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent data year.
OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens. This university ranks 7th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 24 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
UW - Stout is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Menomonie. This university ranks 29th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 18 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stout in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career income of $27,873.
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).
Your choice of general social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
