by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Maine, there were 937 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,781 and $20,866 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students 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 “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #1 spot on the list. Unity, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s. Thomas College is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Social Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 167 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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