2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Ranked #72 in popularity, general social sciences is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 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 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

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 South Carolina.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in General Social Sciences

1

University of South Carolina - Beaufort
Bluffton, SC

28 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences needs to look into University of South Carolina - Beaufort. USCB is a small public university located in the town of Bluffton.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of South Carolina - Beaufort

2

Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC

16 Annual Graduates

Charleston Southern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Charleston Southern University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	563
Tennessee	460	269
North Carolina	453	114
Georgia	453	17
Virginia	421	100
Kentucky	331	52
Alabama	320	71
Louisiana	306	17
Arkansas	294	16
Mississippi	275	34
West Virginia	223	14

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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.