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2023 Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

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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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the most popular school for general social sciences students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

Women make up 46% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Maryland - College Park Report

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the # 2 spot on the list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

About 90% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 10% are male.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johns Hopkins University is a great place for general social sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general social sciences schools in the United States. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

About 50% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Phoenix - Arizona

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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 4 schools only.

  • 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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