If you plan on majoring in social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #5 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Social Sciences Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 722 degrees in social sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Sciences Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the social sciences degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Mississippi State University if you want to pursue a degree in social sciences. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.
There were approximately 197 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program report average early career earnings of $25,435.
University of Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in social sciences. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population.
There were about 197 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the social sciences degree program at University of Mississippi earn $5,030 above the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is difficult to beat Tougaloo College if you want to pursue a degree in social sciences. Located in the midsize city of Tougaloo, Tougaloo is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 40 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Tougaloo in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the social sciences program report average early career earnings of $23,499.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
