2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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The Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 34 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 Social Sciences program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Women make up 53% of the social sciences majors at the school.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social sciences schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Of the 59 students majoring in social sciences at Columbia, 54% are male and 46% are female.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California University of Pennsylvania is a great place for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 65% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 35% are male.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
About 39% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 61% are male.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Syracuse University is a great place for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 60% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 40% are male.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.
About 67% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 33% are male.
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Fordham University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 56% of the social sciences majors at the school.
With a ranking of #8, The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
About 73% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 27% are male.
With a ranking of #9, University of Maryland - College Park did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.
Women make up 43% of the social sciences majors at the school.
St John’s University - New York came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Queens.
Women make up 62% of the social sciences majors at the school.
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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 2,378 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,001 |
| Maryland | 1,347 |
| New Jersey | 349 |
| District of Columbia | 1,630 |
| Delaware | 102 |
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 26 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).
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