2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

General Social Sciences is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #72 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 161 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general social sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general social sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Social Sciences Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in General Social Sciences

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

84 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences has to look into Michigan State University. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Michigan State University

2

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

45 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Grand Valley State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Allendale.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Grand Valley State University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	61
Illinois	558	11
Indiana	535	4
Wisconsin	435	42

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General Social Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the General Social Sciences area of study, General Social Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui). More about our data sources and methodologies.