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Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

General Social Sciences is the #153 most popular major in the country with 745 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top New England Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Social Sciences

Our analysis found University of Connecticut to be the best school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 4
Connecticut 7
Rhode Island 2
Maine 0
Vermont 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Manfred Werner (Tsui).

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