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2023 Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

3 Colleges
$24,376 Avg Salary
$10,097 Avg Student Debt

General Social Sciences is the #55 most popular major in the country with 18,997 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Butler Community College the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for general social sciences students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of El Dorado, Butler CC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 78% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full General Social Sciences at Butler Community College Report

#2

Evangel University

Springfield, MO

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Evangel University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Evangel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Northeast Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Explore the most popular online general social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 47
Minnesota 60
Kansas 85
Iowa 36
Nebraska 243
North Dakota 24
South Dakota 24

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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