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2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

3 Colleges
$35,223 Avg Salary
$22,099 Avg Student Debt

With 22,292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Social Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing an online .

Our analysis found Utah State University to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue an online degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent online programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 3 spot on the list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 228
Colorado 423
Montana 32
Idaho 57
Wyoming 16

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Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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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