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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
235 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region

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General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 16,867 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 638 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 235 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general social sciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 208 diplomas to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Social Sciences at OHIO Athens

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UM Flint is a medium-sized public school situated in Flint, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s general social sciences degrees 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%.

Read more about General Social Sciences at UM Flint

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Eastern Michigan University General Social Sciences Report

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North Central College
Naperville, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Naperville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at North Central College

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