by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 200 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,934 and $25,239 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in other social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in other social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other social sciences students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 16 masters’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Madonna University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Madonna University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, 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 97%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 0 masters’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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