2025 Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

a bachelor's degree in other social sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #179 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 320 bachelor's degrees in other social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Other Social Sciences School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of other social sciences for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality other social sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other social sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other social sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other social sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Social Sciences in California

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

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Social Sciences

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

193 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in other social sciences. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.More information about a bachelor’s in other social sciences from University of California - Berkeley

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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

56 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in other social sciences. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the city of La Jolla.More information about a bachelor’s in other social sciences from University of California - San Diego

3

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

26 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of California - Riverside if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other social sciences. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other social sciences from University of California - Riverside

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

35 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in other social sciences needs to look into California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other social sciences from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Best Other Social Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Other Social Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	521	60
Oregon	343	22

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Social Sciences

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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).
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