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

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In 2020-2021, 18,762 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 265 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 General Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree general social sciences students.

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

1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

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California University of Pennsylvania
California, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in Pennsylvania. Cal U is a medium-sized public school situated in California, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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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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