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Best for social sciences

Where social sciences is the biggest part of what the school does: the share of bachelor's degrees awarded in the field.

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All divisionsDivision IDivision IIDivision III
43.7%
#1 · Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA
4.5%
Median
of 1,068 schools, all divisions
9.7×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
31.3%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list

Top 15

  1. 1Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps CollegesDivision III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA43.7%
  2. 2Georgetown UniversityDivision I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC41.4%
  3. 3University of ChicagoDivision III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL37.6%
  4. 4Trinity College (Connecticut)Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT36.8%
  5. 5American UniversityDivision I · Patriot League · Washington, DC36.4%
  6. 6Colgate UniversityDivision I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY36.1%
  7. 7College of the Holy CrossDivision I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA35.0%
  8. 8Vanderbilt UniversityDivision I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN33.0%
  9. 9George Washington UniversityDivision I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Washington, DC31.9%
  10. 10Bowdoin CollegeDivision III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME31.3%
  11. 11Harvard UniversityDivision I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA31.3%
  12. 12Colorado CollegeDivision III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO30.4%
  13. 13Hampden-Sydney CollegeDivision III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Hampden-Sydney, VA30.1%
  14. 14Lafayette CollegeDivision I · Patriot League · Easton, PA30.1%
  15. 15Colby CollegeDivision III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME29.3%

Every school, all divisions

0.0%43.7%
#1 · Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Collegesevery school

The spread across 1,068 schools; the median is 4.5%.

How it is measured

First majors, bachelor’s degrees; schools awarding at least 100 bachelor’s degrees. Share, not headcount: a big university can award more degrees and still rank lower.

Related

BusinessHealth professions & nursingEngineeringComputer & information sciencesBiological sciencesPsychologyEducationCommunication & journalism

The full list · top 100

#SchoolShare of bachelor's degrees in social sciencesIn this fieldBachelor's a yearUndergrads
1Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA
43.7%1503431,381
2Georgetown University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC
41.4%7601,8357,968
3University of Chicago
Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL
37.6%7241,9267,643
4Trinity College (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT
36.8%1965332,237
5American University
Division I · Patriot League · Washington, DC
36.4%6531,7937,817
6Colgate University
Division I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY
36.1%2637293,131
7College of the Holy Cross
Division I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA
35.0%2637513,035
8Vanderbilt University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN
33.0%6131,8557,152
9George Washington University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Washington, DC
31.9%7362,30811,387
10Bowdoin College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME
31.3%1514821,850
11Harvard University
Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA
31.3%5981,9129,095
12Colorado College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO
30.4%1685522,145
13Hampden-Sydney College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Hampden-Sydney, VA
30.1%56—876
14Lafayette College
Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA
30.1%1805992,764
15Colby College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME
29.3%1565322,284
16Hamilton College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY
28.9%1414882,048
17Bard College
Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
28.7%1214222,453
18Bates College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME
28.6%1244331,753
19Centre College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Danville, KY
27.8%832991,356
20Dartmouth College
Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH
27.7%3481,2574,447
21St. Lawrence University
Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY
27.5%1354912,060
22Gettysburg College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA
27.1%1505542,216
23Davidson College
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC
27.0%1365041,904
24Lycoming College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Williamsport, PA
27.0%622301,063
25Connecticut College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT
26.8%1023811,995
26Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT
26.8%2057663,066
27University of California, Santa Barbara
Division I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA
26.6%1,7136,42923,232
28Grinnell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA
26.1%1003831,775
29Virginia Military Institute
Division I · Southern Conference · Lexington, VA
25.9%1013901,560
30Bryn Mawr College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA
25.6%82—1,349
31Whitman College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA
25.4%762991,544
32Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Division III · Liberty League · Geneva, NY
24.7%883561,618
33Wellesley College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA
24.6%1475972,418
34University of California, Los Angeles
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
24.4%2,3369,58333,040
35Swarthmore College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA
24.2%1034261,644
36Columbia University-Barnard College
Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY
24.0%5842,4339,111
37Brown University
Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI
23.4%4541,9447,741
38Haverford College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA
23.3%753221,424
39Kenyon College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH
23.3%873742,184
40The University of Virginia's College at Wise
Division II · South Atlantic Conference · Wise, VA
23.2%532281,911
41Union College (New York)
Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY
23.2%1054532,082
42Occidental College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA
22.9%924011,854
43University of the South
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN
22.9%924011,615
44Yale University
Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT
22.9%3821,6656,818
45U.S. Military Academy
Division I · Patriot League · West Point, NY
22.4%2401,0724,508
46St. Mary's College of Maryland
Division III · United East Conference · St. Mary's City, MD
22.3%753361,577
47Williams College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA
22.1%1094932,112
48Vassar College
Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY
21.7%1265812,456
49Denison University
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH
21.6%1095052,405
50Frostburg State University
Division II · Mountain East Conference · Frostburg, MD
21.6%1778183,344
51Bucknell University
Division I · Patriot League · Lewisburg, PA
21.4%1848603,846
52Wake Forest University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC
21.2%2831,3375,471
53Dickinson College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA
20.7%954602,204
54Tufts University
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA
20.7%3381,6346,877
55Amherst College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA
20.6%1004861,910
56Washington College (Maryland)
Division III · Centennial Conference · Chestertown, MD
20.4%51250916
57William & Mary
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Williamsburg, VA
20.3%3381,6676,963
58Lewis & Clark College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR
20.2%884362,194
59Carleton College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN
19.8%844242,069
60Boston College
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA
19.7%4712,39110,083
61Hillsdale College
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Hillsdale, MI
19.7%70—1,688
62Rhodes College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN
19.6%844291,936
63Hendrix College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR
19.5%452311,098
64Princeton University
Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ
19.5%2581,3245,671
65Macalester College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
19.1%985132,142
66U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · New London, CT
19.0%44—1,081
67U.S. Naval Academy
Division I · Patriot League · Annapolis, MD
18.9%1991,0544,465
68Beloit College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI
18.5%31168948
69Hamline University
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
18.3%713891,710
70Brandeis University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA
18.2%1377533,675
71Goucher College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Baltimore, MD
18.2%31170964
72University of Oregon
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Eugene, OR
18.1%7464,13219,963
73Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA
18.0%814511,664
74University of Puget Sound
Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA
17.8%714001,632
75California State University, San Marcos
Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · San Marcos, CA
17.6%5843,30914,246
76Agnes Scott College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA
17.2%36—911
77Drew University
Division III · Landmark Conference · Madison, NJ
17.2%643721,624
78University of California, Riverside
Division I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA
17.1%9225,39922,646
79The College of Wooster
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH
17.0%694051,876
80North Carolina Central University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Durham, NC
16.8%1559235,973
81St. Olaf College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN
16.7%1086463,074
82Fordham University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Bronx, NY
16.5%3502,11510,307
83University of California, Berkeley
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA
16.5%1,5209,20733,078
84DePauw University
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN
16.2%533281,819
85Wheaton College (Illinois)
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Wheaton, IL
16.2%845182,119
86Clark University (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA
16.1%794922,369
87Covenant College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA
16.0%27169908
88University of California, Irvine
Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA
16.0%1,3138,21929,503
89University of Denver
Division I · West Coast Conference · Denver, CO
16.0%2031,2726,415
90Queens College (New York)
Division II · East Coast Conference · Queens, NY
15.9%4132,59613,998
91Coker University
Division II · South Atlantic Conference · Hartsville, SC
15.8%271711,187
92Ursinus College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA
15.8%543421,492
93Northwestern University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL
15.7%3402,1609,157
94Smith College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA
15.7%97—2,506
95Stanford University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA
15.7%2871,8278,054
96Lake Forest College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Lake Forest, IL
15.6%654171,796
97Mount Holyoke College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA
15.4%77—2,209
98St. Mary's University (Texas)
Division II · Lone Star Conference · San Antonio, TX
15.4%603902,147
99Skidmore College
Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY
15.3%986402,776
100University of Southern Maine
Division III · Little East Conference · Gorham, ME
15.3%1551,0155,520
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