Best colleges with Social Sciences degrees

There are 1438 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in social sciences. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in social sciences based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $19,379 per year. Oxnard College offers the cheapest social sciences degree with an average net price of $1,085 annually.

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Ithaca, NY
  • 4.0 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 2 application deadline

Cornell is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate engineering, hotel administration, and agriculture and life sciences. The hillside campus overlooks Cayuga Lake in the college town of Ithaca.

#19 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.9
  • Acceptance Rate 9%
  • Net Price $26,361

  • Private 4 Year
  • Claremont, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 8 application deadline

Pomona is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, biology, and politics. Students live on a residential campus and can cross-enroll across the adjoining Claremont Colleges.

#20 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1490-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
  • Acceptance Rate 7%
  • Net Price $19,938

  • Private 4 Year
  • St. Louis, MO
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 4 application deadline

WashU is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate biology, business, and engineering. The Danforth campus adjoins Forest Park in suburban St. Louis.

#21 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1500-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.92
  • Acceptance Rate 12%
  • Net Price $22,408

  • Private 4 Year
  • New York, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Columbia is an Ivy League university known for its undergraduate Core Curriculum, political science, and economics. The urban campus sits in Morningside Heights in Manhattan.

#22 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1580
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 4%
  • Net Price $22,520

  • Private 4 Year
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • 5.0 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Penn is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and engineering. The urban campus sits in Philadelphia's University City neighborhood.

#23 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1510-1570
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.95
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $23,570

  • Private 4 Year
  • Middlebury, VT
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Middlebury is a highly selective liberal arts college known for undergraduate language study, environmental studies, and international affairs. The hillside campus sits in a small college town in Vermont's Champlain Valley.

#24 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1445-1550
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
  • Acceptance Rate 11%
  • Net Price $26,233

  • Private 4 Year
  • Brunswick, ME
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Bowdoin is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate government, environmental studies, and the sciences. The historic campus sits in the coastal college town of Brunswick.

#25 Best Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1550
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 7%
  • Net Price $22,228

  • Private 4 Year
  • Clinton, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Hamilton is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate writing, economics, and government. The hilltop campus sits in the small village of Clinton in upstate New York.

#3 Best Colleges in New York 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1450-1550
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.87
  • Acceptance Rate 14%
  • Net Price $28,719

  • Private 4 Year
  • Notre Dame, IN
  • 4.1 | 7 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Notre Dame is a highly selective private Catholic university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and architecture. The residential campus near South Bend is centered on the Golden Dome and Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

#1 Best Value in Indiana 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1455-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 11%
  • Net Price $29,300

  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • 4.8 | 5 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Emory is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and the biological sciences. The wooded campus sits in Atlanta's Druid Hills neighborhood.

#1 Best Value in Georgia 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1550
  • Avg GPA 3.8
  • Acceptance Rate 11%
  • Net Price $27,303

  • Private 4 Year
  • Washington, DC
  • 4.6 | 5 reviews

Georgetown is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate international relations, government, and business. Students attend a Jesuit campus in a historic hillside neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

#1 Best Value in District Of Columbia 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1390-1550
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
  • Acceptance Rate 13%
  • Net Price $39,083

  • Private 4 Year
  • Hamilton, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Colgate is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and the sciences. The hillside campus overlooks the small college town of Hamilton in upstate New York.

#4 Best Private Colleges in New York 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1430-1540
  • Avg GPA 3.77
  • Acceptance Rate 14%
  • Net Price $28,736

  • Private 4 Year
  • Lexington, VA
  • 4.3 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Washington and Lee is a highly selective private liberal arts university known for undergraduate business, journalism, and politics. Most undergrads live under a strict student-run honor system on the historic campus in Lexington.

#23 Best Value Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1430-1540
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.87
  • Acceptance Rate 14%
  • Net Price $23,055

  • Private 4 Year
  • Davidson, NC
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 7 application deadline

Davidson is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, political science, and the sciences. An honor code shapes unproctored exams and student self-governance on the residential campus near Charlotte.

#2 Best Colleges in North Carolina 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1400-1530
  • Avg GPA 3.81
  • Acceptance Rate 13%
  • Net Price $27,720

  • Private 4 Year
  • Medford, MA
  • 4.5 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Tufts is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate international relations and biology. Most undergrads live on a residential hilltop campus in the Boston suburbs of Medford and Somerville.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Massachusetts 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 11%
  • Net Price $32,367

  • Private 4 Year
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
  • 5.0 | 5 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Boston College is a highly selective private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in suburban Chestnut Hill just outside Boston.

#7 Best Private Colleges in Massachusetts 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1440-1540
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.86
  • Acceptance Rate 16%
  • Net Price $32,519

  • Private 4 Year
  • New York, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 4 application deadline

Barnard is a highly selective private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate English, political science, and psychology. The urban Morningside Heights campus sits beside Columbia University, where students can cross-register for courses.

#3 Best Value Colleges in New York 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1560
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.85
  • Acceptance Rate 9%
  • Net Price $26,407

  • Private 4 Year
  • Middletown, CT
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Wesleyan is a highly selective liberal arts college known for undergraduate film studies, creative writing, and music. Students live on a residential Middletown campus and follow an open curriculum with no required core courses.

#24 Best Value Colleges in America 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1415-1540
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 16%
  • Net Price $23,025