2025 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

a doctor's degree in social sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 370 doctor's degrees in social sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Social Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of social sciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on social sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of social sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for social sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for social sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social Sciences Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Sciences in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in social sciences.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Social Sciences

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

74 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in social sciences has to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in social sciences. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from Cornell University

3

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

New York University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in social sciences. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from New York University

4

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in social sciences needs to take a look at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in social sciences from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Maryland	29	95
Pennsylvania	29	159
New Jersey	28	91
District of Columbia	24	85
Delaware	21	29

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Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	141
Political Science & Government	76
Sociology	73
Anthropology	69
General Social Sciences	5
Other Social Sciences	5
Geography & Cartography	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	156
English Language & Literature	104
Philosophy & Religious Studies	71
History	60
Theology & Religious Vocations	34
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	21
Communication & Journalism	20
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.