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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

5 Colleges
$32,803 Avg Salary
$27,606 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Social Sciences is the #44 most popular major in Maryland with 428 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Maryland to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the social sciences bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Maryland.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular school in Maryland for general social sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Women make up 80% of the social sciences majors at the school.

On average, social sciences graduates from UMGC take out $27,484 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Maryland Global Campus Report

#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general social sciences schools in Maryland. Towson is a very large public school located in the city of Towson.

About 67% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 33% are male.

Social Sciences majors at Towson take out an average of $21,699 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full General Social Sciences at Towson University Report

#3

Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coppin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Coppin is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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#4

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frostburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Frostburg State is a small public school located in the suburb of Frostburg.

Women make up 40% of the social sciences majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that social sciences majors at Frostburg State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,098.

Full General Social Sciences at Frostburg State University Report

#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general social sciences schools in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Full General Social Sciences at Johns Hopkins University Report

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 265
New York 1,113
New Jersey 738
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 147

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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