by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 205,984 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. 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 New Hampshire, there were 1,477 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,519 and $26,175 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,663 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social sciences.
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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read more about Social Sciences at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in New Hampshire list. This large school is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, and it awarded 62 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Social Sciences at Southern New Hampshire University
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