2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

a bachelor's degree in general social sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general social sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general social sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt general social sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Social Sciences Schools

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in Wisconsin

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general social sciences students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Sciences

1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, WI

13 Annual Graduates

$42,357 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - River Falls if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. UW - River Falls is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of River Falls.

General Social Sciences bachelor's degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - River Falls earn a boost of around $7,242 over the typical earnings of general social sciences majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Wisconsin - River Falls

2

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

15 Annual Graduates

$27,873 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Stout is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, social sciences bachelor's recipients generally earn about $27,873 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Wisconsin - Stout

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Social Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	211
Ohio	252	61
Illinois	241	11
Indiana	235	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Sciences

General Social Sciences is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Social Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences	51

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	871
Political Science & Government	835
Sociology	400
Geography & Cartography	140
Anthropology	102
International Relations & National Security	43
Archeology	34
Other Social Sciences	19
Urban Studies	12

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.