by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
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 the Southeast region, there were 2,977 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 8 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grambling State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Grambling, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Full Grambling State University General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 43 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Florida A&M University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hollins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Hollins is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 3 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #4 spot on the list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general social sciences degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Southern University and A & M College General Social Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Full Citadel Military College of South Carolina General Social Sciences Report
Mercer University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Mercer is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 10 masters’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Social Sciences at Mercer University
Troy University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s general social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Troy University
With a ranking of #8, Jacksonville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Social Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. JU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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