2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Pennsylvania

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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 Pennsylvania, there were 266 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,933 and $32,361 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in Pennsylvania

1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Edinboro is a small public school situated in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Edinboro General Social Sciences Report

2

California University of Pennsylvania
California, Pennsylvania

$41,793 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania list. California University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in California, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full California University of Pennsylvania General Social Sciences Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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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