2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Sciences is the 263rd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 278 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree other social sciences students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 4 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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%.
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- *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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