2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
806General 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 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 806 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in General Social Sciences
University of North Texas is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. UNT is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools 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 year we have data available.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general social sciences. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Edinburg. A Best Colleges rank of #888 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Rio Grande Valley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley in the most recent data year.
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Rogers State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general social sciences. RSU is a small public university located in the town of Claremore. This university ranks 23rd out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 76 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at RSU in the most recent data year.
University of Houston - Downtown is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general social sciences. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 50th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 21 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown 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).
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.
