2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 158 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 full 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

The general social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in General Social Sciences

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

114 Annual Graduates

University of Utah is a great choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Utah

2

Boise State University
Boise, ID

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Boise State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Boise State is a very large public university located in the city of Boise.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Boise State University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	114
Colorado	316	26
Idaho	312	33
Montana	212	0
Wyoming	95	10

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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.