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2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 205,984 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

Women make up 23% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full Social Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Grambling State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Grambling, GSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Explore the most popular online social sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 5,208
West Virginia 788
South Carolina 1,876
Florida 8,162
Virginia 7,636
Arkansas 897
Mississippi 722
Louisiana 1,534
Alabama 1,640
Kentucky 1,344
Georgia 3,932
Tennessee 2,210

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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 3 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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