by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,116 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $28,097 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 111 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,963 and $70,712 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in other social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in other social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other social sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Hamline University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Union College Nebraska landed the #3 spot on the list. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 0 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Social Sciences at Union College Nebraska
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Evangel University landed the #3 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wartburg College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Wartburg is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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