by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 17,338 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. In , general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $33,861 and had an average of $23,202 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 854 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major” ranking analyzed 54 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major”.
Out of the 54 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Grambling State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grambling State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Grambling, Louisiana. It awarded 20 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 106 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 54 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. UChicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 208 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 54 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Florida A&M University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utica College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Utica, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Hollins University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #6. Hollins University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 0 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Hollins University
Southern University and A & M College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Southern University and A & M College
Humboldt State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking. Arcata, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Humboldt State University General Social Sciences Report
Johns Hopkins University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Johns Hopkins is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 34 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #10. The Citadel is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Mercer University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #11. Mercer is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Macon, Georgia. It awarded 0 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Troy University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Troy University is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Montclair State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking. Montclair State is a public institution located in Montclair, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
California State University - Chico came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major ranking. Chico, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Social Sciences at California State University - Chico
With a ranking of #16, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Roger Williams University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. RWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 8 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 167 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of Michigan - Flint ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Louis University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Saint Louis University
The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas
With a ranking of #24, California State University - San Bernardino did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. California State University - San Bernardino is a fairly large school located in San Bernardino, California that handed out 14 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full California State University - San Bernardino General Social Sciences Report
Towson University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major list. Located in Towson, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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