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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,217 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,170 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 205,984 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Social Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named College of Western Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for social sciences students working on their associate degree. CWI is a fairly large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.

CWI undergraduate students pay an average of $7,344 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

The excellent associate degree programs at Front Range Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . FRCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FRCC are $15,454 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, FRCC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boise State University is a great value for social sciences students working on their associate degree. Boise State is a very large public school located in the city of Boise.

Boise State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,980 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,516
Utah 2,405
Montana 368
Idaho 679
Wyoming 253

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415
Criminology 11,039
Geography & Cartography 8,526
Other Social Sciences 2,414
Urban Studies 1,507
Sociology & Anthropology 541
Archeology 339
Demography & Population Studies 88

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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