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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School for You

Social Sciences is the #13 most popular major in New Hampshire with 138 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Social Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Hampshire. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 42% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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#2

New England College

Henniker, NH

The in-demand master’s degree programs at New England College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social sciences schools in New Hampshire. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Henniker.

About 4% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 96% are male.

Full Social Sciences at New England College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 71% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full Social Sciences at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

Best Social Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Social Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,789
Rhode Island 105
Connecticut 279
Maine 37
Vermont 85

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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