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Best General Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best General Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best General Social Sciences Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best General Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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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Check out the social sciences master's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Best General Social Sciences Master's Degree School

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences colleges 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 values are for the top school 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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