Social Sciences at Westminster University

A Social Sciences bachelor's from Westminster carries an estimated debt load of $27,000—about $4,500 above the state median for these programs and steeper than the $22,000 reported for University of Utah's comparable degree. These figures come from peer institutions nationally since Westminster's graduate cohort was too small for the Department of Education to publish, but they suggest you're paying a private school premium without clear evidence of better outcomes.

The estimated first-year earnings of $37,500 align with national benchmarks for social sciences degrees, putting the debt-to-earnings ratio at 0.72—manageable but not generous for a field where salaries typically start modest. Utah's social sciences programs generally produce lower earnings than the national median, and without actual outcome data from Westminster's specific graduates, you're making an investment based on what similar programs deliver elsewhere rather than demonstrated results from this school.

The practical challenge: you're considering borrowing more than students at Utah's public university for a degree in a field where earnings grow gradually. If your student is drawn to Westminster's smaller class sizes or campus culture, that may justify the premium. But financially, the lack of reported outcomes combined with higher estimated debt makes this a harder case to defend than the state's public alternative, where actual data shows what graduates achieve.