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2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 school in the Plains States Region offering 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 school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 61 students majoring in social sciences at Capella University, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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Explore the most popular online social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,073
Minnesota 2,741
Iowa 1,455
South Dakota 262
Missouri 2,156
Nebraska 833
North Dakota 194

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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 values are for the top school 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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