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Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

12 Colleges
$26,880 Avg Salary
$23,351 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 Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online social sciences programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Oklahoma College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for general social sciences students. Northern Oklahoma College is a small public school located in the town of Tonkawa.

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#2

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX

The excellent online programs at Central Texas College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Killeen, Central Texas College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent online programs at Cochise County Community College District helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the small city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

South Texas College

McAllen, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Texas College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. South Texas College is a fairly large public school located in the city of McAllen.

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#5

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Amarillo College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Rose State College

Midwest City, OK

Rose State College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general social sciences programs. RSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Midwest City.

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Western Oklahoma State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general social sciences programs. Located in the town of Altus, Western is a public school with a small student population.

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Carl Albert State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general social sciences students. It came in at #8 on the list. Carl Albert State College is a small public school located in the distant town of Poteau.

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Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NEO A&M College is a small public school located in the town of Miami.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on this year’s best schools for general social sciences students. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

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Explore the most popular online general social sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 185
Arizona 133
Oklahoma 393
New Mexico 8

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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 12 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).

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