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Most Popular General Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Dallas the most popular school in the Southwest Region for general social sciences students working on their master’s degree. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Women make up 14% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full General Social Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in social sciences at ASU - Tempe, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7
Arizona 12

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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