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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 205,984 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

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.

The Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in the New England Region for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the New England Region . Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population.

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University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

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University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

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With a ranking of #9, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s best schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

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Salem State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,458
Maine 933
Rhode Island 1,124
Massachusetts 8,752
Connecticut 2,891
Vermont 769

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415
Criminology 11,039
Geography & Cartography 8,526
Other Social Sciences 2,414
Urban Studies 1,507
Sociology & Anthropology 541
Archeology 339
Demography & Population Studies 88

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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