by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Michigan, there were 230 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,374 and $30,360 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Eastern Michigan
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Michigan list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Michigan State
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