2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 18,997 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,991 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 486 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,771 and $24,524 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree social sciences students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 0 doctorate’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Brown University General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UVM General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Boston U
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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