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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
41.4%
#1 · Georgetown University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC
5.2%
Median
of 364 schools, Division I
8.0×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
27.0%
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Georgetown UniversityDivision I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC41.4%
  2. 2American UniversityDivision I · Patriot League · Washington, DC36.4%
  3. 3Colgate UniversityDivision I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY36.1%
  4. 4College of the Holy CrossDivision I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA35.0%
  5. 5Vanderbilt UniversityDivision I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN33.0%
  6. 6George Washington UniversityDivision I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Washington, DC31.9%
  7. 7Harvard UniversityDivision I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA31.3%
  8. 8Lafayette CollegeDivision I · Patriot League · Easton, PA30.1%
  9. 9Dartmouth CollegeDivision I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH27.7%
  10. 10Davidson CollegeDivision I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC27.0%
  11. 11University of California, Santa BarbaraDivision I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA26.6%
  12. 12Virginia Military InstituteDivision I · Southern Conference · Lexington, VA25.9%
  13. 13University of California, Los AngelesDivision I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA24.4%
  14. 14Columbia University-Barnard CollegeDivision I · The Ivy League · New York, NY24.0%
  15. 15Brown UniversityDivision I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI23.4%

Every school, Division I

0.0%41.4%
#1 · Georgetown Universityevery school

The spread across 364 schools; the median is 5.2%.

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.

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The full list · top 100

#SchoolShare of bachelor's degrees in social sciencesIn this fieldBachelor's a yearUndergrads
1Georgetown University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC
41.4%7601,8357,968
2American University
Division I · Patriot League · Washington, DC
36.4%6531,7937,817
3Colgate University
Division I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY
36.1%2637293,131
4College of the Holy Cross
Division I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA
35.0%2637513,035
5Vanderbilt University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN
33.0%6131,8557,152
6George Washington University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Washington, DC
31.9%7362,30811,387
7Harvard University
Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA
31.3%5981,9129,095
8Lafayette College
Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA
30.1%1805992,764
9Dartmouth College
Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH
27.7%3481,2574,447
10Davidson College
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC
27.0%1365041,904
11University of California, Santa Barbara
Division I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA
26.6%1,7136,42923,232
12Virginia Military Institute
Division I · Southern Conference · Lexington, VA
25.9%1013901,560
13University of California, Los Angeles
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
24.4%2,3369,58333,040
14Columbia University-Barnard College
Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY
24.0%5842,4339,111
15Brown University
Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI
23.4%4541,9447,741
16Yale University
Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT
22.9%3821,6656,818
17U.S. Military Academy
Division I · Patriot League · West Point, NY
22.4%2401,0724,508
18Bucknell University
Division I · Patriot League · Lewisburg, PA
21.4%1848603,846
19Wake Forest University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC
21.2%2831,3375,471
20William & Mary
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Williamsburg, VA
20.3%3381,6676,963
21Boston College
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA
19.7%4712,39110,083
22Princeton University
Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ
19.5%2581,3245,671
23U.S. Naval Academy
Division I · Patriot League · Annapolis, MD
18.9%1991,0544,465
24University of Oregon
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Eugene, OR
18.1%7464,13219,963
25University of California, Riverside
Division I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA
17.1%9225,39922,646
26North Carolina Central University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Durham, NC
16.8%1559235,973
27Fordham University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Bronx, NY
16.5%3502,11510,307
28University of California, Berkeley
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA
16.5%1,5209,20733,078
29University of California, Irvine
Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA
16.0%1,3138,21929,503
30University of Denver
Division I · West Coast Conference · Denver, CO
16.0%2031,2726,415
31Northwestern University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL
15.7%3402,1609,157
32Stanford University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA
15.7%2871,8278,054
33Furman University
Division I · Southern Conference · Greenville, SC
14.8%714812,327
34Loyola Marymount University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Los Angeles, CA
14.6%2471,6877,336
35Tulane University
Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA
14.6%2952,0228,077
36Florida State University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Tallahassee, FL
14.5%1,3209,09032,217
37University at Albany
Division I · America East Conference · Albany, NY
14.4%4092,83512,190
38University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chapel Hill, NC
14.0%7465,32820,681
39University of Notre Dame
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN
14.0%3302,3578,968
40Howard University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Washington, DC
13.5%2701,99510,190
41Syracuse University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY
13.5%4543,35615,739
42Duke University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC
13.3%2822,1286,488
43Boston University
Division I · Patriot League · Boston, MA
13.1%5894,50518,656
44Wofford College
Division I · Southern Conference · Spartanburg, SC
13.1%594521,873
45Binghamton University
Division I · America East Conference · Vestal, NY
12.9%4773,68414,409
46Mount St. Mary's University
Division I · Metro Conference · Emmitsburg, MD
12.9%624811,873
47Stonehill College
Division I · Northeast Conference · Easton, MA
12.9%765912,515
48University of California, Davis
Division I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA
12.9%1,0558,15731,797
49Portland State University
Division I · Big Sky Conference · Portland, OR
12.8%4363,41115,960
50University of Pennsylvania
Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA
12.7%3582,82711,611
51University of Utah
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Salt Lake City, UT
12.7%7215,67826,827
52University of Virginia
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlottesville, VA
12.7%5494,33917,612
53Providence College
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Providence, RI
12.6%1179324,191
54Southern Methodist University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX
12.6%2461,9467,115
55University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Buffalo, NY
12.5%5994,79320,463
56University of West Georgia
Division I · United Athletic Conference · Carrollton, GA
12.5%1981,5858,413
57California State University, Fresno
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fresno, CA
12.4%6425,15921,430
58University of Michigan
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI
12.4%1,0478,44433,730
59Seton Hall University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · South Orange, NJ
12.2%1451,1936,061
60University of Connecticut
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Storrs, CT
12.1%6935,73919,388
61University of South Florida
Division I · American Conference · Tampa, FL
11.7%1,1529,88237,269
62University of Maryland, College Park
Division I · Big Ten Conference · College Park, MD
11.6%9348,03630,608
63Villanova University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Villanova, PA
11.2%1961,7447,063
64Central Connecticut State University
Division I · Northeast Conference · New Britain, CT
11.1%1691,5167,917
65Pepperdine University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA
10.9%918323,629
66Stetson University
Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · DeLand, FL
10.9%666082,338
67Washington State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Pullman, WA
10.9%6065,57921,923
68University of San Diego
Division I · West Coast Conference · San Diego, CA
10.8%1391,2905,726
69Santa Clara University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Santa Clara, CA
10.7%1431,3366,249
70Siena University
Division I · Metro Conference · Loudonville, NY
10.6%827723,497
71U.S. Air Force Academy
Division I · Mountain West Conference · USAF Academy, CO
10.5%1029744,124
72Presbyterian College
Division I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC
10.4%22211903
73University of San Francisco
Division I · West Coast Conference · San Francisco, CA
10.4%1371,3145,729
74University of Washington
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA
10.4%8838,46039,515
75University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA
10.2%6606,44423,936
76University of Montana
Division I · Big Sky Conference · Missoula, MT
10.2%1161,1407,570
77Utah State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Logan, UT
10.2%4464,35725,048
78University of Richmond
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Richmond, VA
10.0%797933,054
79University of Florida
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL
9.9%9359,44334,924
80University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Division I · America East Conference · Baltimore, MD
9.7%2202,26310,490
81University of North Carolina Asheville
Division I · Big South Conference · Asheville, NC
9.6%656792,907
82University of Wisconsin-Madison
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI
9.6%7968,26936,797
83University of Southern California
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
9.5%5495,76021,023
84University of California, San Diego
Division I · Big West Conference · San Diego, CA
9.4%8428,92333,792
85University of Miami (Florida)
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL
9.3%2782,97412,883
86University of Idaho
Division I · Big Sky Conference · Moscow, ID
9.2%1371,4939,269
87California State University, Sacramento
Division I · Big West Conference · Sacramento, CA
9.1%6917,55828,268
88Towson University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Towson, MD
9.1%3613,98616,517
89Norfolk State University
Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Norfolk, VA
9.0%728005,510
90University of Alabama
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Tuscaloosa, AL
9.0%5956,60533,435
91University of Colorado Boulder
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO
9.0%5976,64932,105
92Butler University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Indianapolis, IN
8.9%819064,519
93California State University, Northridge
Division I · Big West Conference · Northridge, CA
8.9%7288,21032,429
94Texas Christian University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Fort Worth, TX
8.9%2212,48710,937
95University of Texas at Austin
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX
8.8%92210,47842,444
96Gonzaga University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Spokane, WA
8.6%971,1345,163
97Loyola University Chicago
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Chicago, IL
8.6%2162,50912,487
98Marquette University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI
8.6%1341,5667,652
99University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN
8.6%6177,21539,556
100California State University, Bakersfield
Division I · Big West Conference · Bakersfield, CA
8.5%1822,1488,336
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