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2023 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Maryland

4 Colleges
$65,719 Avg Salary
$17,125 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

General Social Sciences is the #74 most popular major in Maryland with 66 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Best General Social Sciences Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for social sciences majors pursuing a .

Top Maryland Schools in General Social Sciences

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the best school in Maryland for general social sciences students. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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The excellent programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in Maryland. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

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#4

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 52
Pennsylvania 19
New Jersey 28

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

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

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 4 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).
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