2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Schools
Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You
In 2020-2021, 22,292 social sciences students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Social Sciences Schools ranking. This report analyzed 488 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Sciences program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Schools in the United States
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Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Social Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular school in the United States for social sciences students. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Harvard University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
American University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social sciences students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social sciences students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
University of Southern California landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social sciences students. It came in at #12 on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
Naval Postgraduate School came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Sciences Schools ranking. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the suburb of Monterey.
Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social sciences students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #15, The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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George Mason University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social sciences students. It came in at #16 on the list. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.
With a ranking of #17, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Maryland - College Park ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
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Duke University ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #20, Brandeis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students. Located in the small city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
University of Arizona landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.
University of California - San Diego landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.
With a ranking of #23, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular social sciences programs. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.
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Yale University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Rest of the Top Most Popular Social Sciences Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This section shows the remainder of the schools awarded a Most Popular Social Sciences Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 488 different United States social sciences schools we analyzed.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Social Sciences students that almost earned our Most Popular Social Sciences Schools award.
Social Sciences by Region
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Majors Related to Social Sciences
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 25 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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