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2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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$62,624 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 22,292 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online social sciences doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

About 23% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 77% are male.

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#2

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Grambling State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Grambling, GSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online social sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
Florida 594
North Carolina 572
Virginia 627
Tennessee 187
Georgia 456
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 86
Kentucky 150
Arkansas 47
Alabama 263

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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

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 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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