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Most Popular General Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best General Social Sciences Doctor'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 Most Popular General Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Vermont the most popular school in the New England Region for general social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Vermont Report

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the most popular school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Brown University

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston University the most popular school in the New England Region for general social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full General Social Sciences at Boston University Report

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 averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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