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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$17,903 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,065 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

Social Sciences is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 8,901 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in Texas to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Our analysis found Angelo State University to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Texas. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Angelo State are $8,186 per year.

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Out of the 29 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the # 2 spot on the list. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH Clear Lake are $7,698 per year.

UH Clear Lake also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for social sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Austin are $11,752 a year.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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Out of the 29 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 per year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Tarleton is a large public school located in the remote town of Stephenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tarleton are $7,790 a year.

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Texas A&M University - San Antonio ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the rural area of San Antonio, Texas A&M San Antonio is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M San Antonio are $9,093 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SHSU are $8,960 a year.

SHSU also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Social Sciences at Sam Houston State University Report

With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $9,231 per year.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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University of Houston - Downtown did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the large city of Houston.

UH Downtown undergraduate students pay an average of $7,338 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,347
New Mexico 831
Oklahoma 1,373

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 25 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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