2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Texas
3Colleges in Texas
171Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
$37,783Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 171 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. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Social Sciences Schools in Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 North Texas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general social sciences. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were about 26 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year. After graduating, social sciences degree recipients typically earn an average of $34,679 in the first five years of their career.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley if you wish to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 30th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 10 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley in the most recent year we have data available. General Social Sciences degree recipients from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley earn a boost of about $9,465 above the average income of general social sciences graduates.
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It's hard to beat University of Houston - Downtown if you wish to pursue a degree in general social sciences. UH Downtown is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 50th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 21 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent year we have data available. General Social Sciences degree recipients from University of Houston - Downtown get an earnings boost of around $7,904 over the typical earnings of general social sciences majors.
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. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
