2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
638General Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general social sciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #44 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your 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 638 degrees in general social sciences to qualified students.
The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. 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 the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 general social sciences degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in General Social Sciences
Every student who is interested in general social sciences has to check out University of Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 227 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 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 is difficult to beat Michigan State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Located in the small 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 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 96 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish 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 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized 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 year we have data available.
Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very 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 data year.
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 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 11 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent data year.
OHIO Athens is a fairly 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 moderately-sized public university located in the 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 data year.
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).
The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. 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.
