2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Social Sciences Major in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 205,984 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 2,787 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,673 and $23,888 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,414 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Minnesota

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#6 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 61 doctorate’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Social Sciences at Capella University

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 overall quality in Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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 Social Sciences at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences

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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