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2023 Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida

11 Colleges
$32,578 Avg Salary
$22,076 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You

With 594 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #13 most popular major in Florida.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Social Sciences Colleges.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Schools

Our analysis found University of South Florida - Main Campus to be the best school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Florida. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida list. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tampa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida list. UT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tampa.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for social sciences students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of West Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for social sciences students. It came in at #7 on the list. UWF is a large public school located in the small city of Pensacola.

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With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on this year’s best schools for social sciences students. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida ranked #9 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida list. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Social Sciences Schools in Florida ranking. Florida A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
North Carolina 572
Virginia 627
Tennessee 187
Georgia 456
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 86
Kentucky 150
Arkansas 47
Alabama 263

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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