2025 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #10 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for social sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 192 doctor's degrees in social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt social sciences students go into to obtain their doctor'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 social sciences related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Sciences in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in social sciences.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Social Sciences

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in social sciences has to check out Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in social sciences needs to check out The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from The University of Texas at Austin

Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	28	66
Oklahoma	26	17
New Mexico	23	17

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Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	59
Economics	55
Sociology	32
Anthropology	22
Geography & Cartography	14
Demography & Population Studies	6

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations	127
English Language & Literature	114
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	110
History	56
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	51
Communication & Journalism	48
Philosophy & Religious Studies	36
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	24
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	14

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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann. More about our data sources and methodologies.