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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 city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

Full Social Sciences at Harvard University Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the New England Region . 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.

Full Social Sciences at Southern New Hampshire University Report

#3

Unity College

Unity, ME

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the # 3 spot on the list. 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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for social sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

With a ranking of #6, Salve Regina University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. 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 colleges 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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