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Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 23 degrees and certificates were awarded to general social sciences students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #192 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 school tops our list of the Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in California for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the suburb of Monterey.

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 0
Nevada 1

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.

  • 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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