2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Social Sciences

SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Social Sciences' popularity at the undergraduate level is fairly typical. Each focus hands out around 6,156 undergraduate degrees a year; last May, 6,806 people were awarded a four-year degree in social sciences, making it the United States of America's 68th most popular focus for undergrad students. The University of Oregon​ awarded 391 of those degrees (#1 in the United States). Institutions in New York accounted for more degrees than any US State (1,254).

343 colleges around the nation grant undergrad degrees in social sciences; ipso facto, it often won't be easy to track down the best institution. 78.7% more institutions offer bachelor's degrees in social sciences than the average subject, making it the 66th most universally offered degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 90% of last May's degrees in social sciences were four-year degrees; 10% were graduate degrees. Social sciences is the 143rd most popular postgrad degree in America, with 742 degrees granted. For context, social sciences is 73% less popular among graduate students than the average subject.

In Total, 7,548 students received a bachelor's or higher in social sciences last spring.

ONLINE SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREES

1,078 of those 7,548 graduates (14.3%) received their degrees totally online - 911 undergrad students and 167 postgrads. As you've probably gleaned by now, social sciences is a relatively in-demand online focus. It is the 37th most popular remote degree with 89.2% more remote students than the average subject. For postgraduate students, it ranks 105th, and is 72.9% below the national average (616).

Thomas Edison State University​ awarded the most online undergrad degrees in social sciences in the United States of America (184).

Furthermore, New Jersey graduates more social sciences online students than any other state (184 undergraduate degrees awarded last year). New Jersey alone graduates 20% of the US' remote students.

13.4% of all four-year degrees in social sciences are completed in completely remote programs, (22.5% for grad degrees). 9.58% of Thomas Edison State University's​ last undergraduate class majored in social sciences online, higher than any other US institution. 184 students in their 1,917 student class received an online undergrad degree in social sciences. They offer 20 focuses entirely remote, and had 9,475 enrolled online undergrads last fall. That's 99% of the student body.

There are 43 institutions in the USA with an online undergrad degree in social sciences, making it the 66th most broadly offered remote degree in the United States of America. Roughly 1/8 of schools with the degree even have a remote option, and nearly 58% of the colleges handing out the degree online are public. New York has more online programs than any state, with 5 colleges located there.

If you hope to study social sciences online, we recommend that you view Washington State University, as it has the 7th best social sciences program in the country. They also grant an additional 53 degrees completely online, so their systems are presumably solid. Further, there are 2,437 remote undergrad students enrolled, which is 9% of the whole student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREES

• 1,545 people received a bachelor's degree in social sciences partially online last spring
• Partially online four-year degrees in social sciences are available at 273 institutions coast-to-coast
• Last spring, 1,612 students completed a bachelor's or higher in social sciences partially online
• Florida State University​ awarded 155 partially online undergrad degrees in social sciences, more than any other American institution
• 742 students were awarded partially online advanced degrees in social sciences last May
• 9.03% of all postgraduate degrees in social sciences are done partially online

IN-PERSON SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREES

• 4,350 people last year received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in-person
• 27 schools countrywide grant a bachelor's degree in social sciences totally in-person
• 63.91% of all college degree in social sciences are done in-person
• 36.23% of Bard College's​ last undergraduate class majored in social sciences totally in-person, higher than any other institution in the country
• The typical area of study gives out 4,293 yearly bachelor's degrees in-person