2025 Best Social Sciences Schools in West Virginia
4Colleges in West Virginia
782Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
$40,688Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #5 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for social sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 782 degrees in social sciences annually.
Your choice of social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Social Sciences Schools in West Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the social sciences degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat West Virginia University if you wish to pursue a degree in social sciences. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #492 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WVU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 330 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career income of $33,265.
It is hard to beat American Public University System if you want to pursue a degree in social sciences. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 186 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social sciences major at American Public University System make $18,848 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Fairmont State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in social sciences. Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Fairmont State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were approximately 65 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Fairmont State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career earnings of $35,365.
Marshall University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in social sciences. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 25 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were approximately 64 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Marshall University 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 social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
