by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Sciences is the 263rd most popular major in the country with 2,116 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 111 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midland University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Fremont, Nebraska, and it awarded 9 masters’s other social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s other social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Social Sciences at Lincoln University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Winfield, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s other social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
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