2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 932 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other social sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful other social sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate”.
Top 9 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. Rutgers University - Newark is a fairly large public school situated in Newark, New Jersey. It awarded 11 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Gannon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Gannon is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Erie, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other social sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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With a ranking of #6, New York University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. New York University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Other Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate ranking. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, 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 91%.
Read more about Other Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other Social Sciences Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Social Sciences at Stevens
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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