2025 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Social Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #9 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,626 master's degrees in social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The social sciences master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality social sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of social sciences students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt social sciences students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social sciences related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Sciences in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for social sciences students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Social Sciences

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1,305 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in social sciences. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in social sciences from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

260 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in social sciences needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a master’s in social sciences from University of Maryland - College Park

3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in social sciences. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in social sciences from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	35	1,883
Pennsylvania	34	576
New Jersey	32	239
District of Columbia	32	1,512
Delaware	24	73

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Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security	789
Economics	516
Political Science & Government	123
Geography & Cartography	77
General Social Sciences	41
Sociology	20
Urban Studies	17
Anthropology	11
Other Social Sciences	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Journalism	492
English Language & Literature	177
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	84
Theology & Religious Vocations	54
Philosophy & Religious Studies	43
History	36
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	21
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	7
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	7

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.