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Most Popular Online Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 42% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 58% are male.

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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

About 50% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

Unity College

Unity, ME

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Unity College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the New England Region . Located in the remote area of Unity, Unity is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

Of the 3 students majoring in social sciences at UMaine, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

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#6

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Salve Regina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newport.

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

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

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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 6 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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