Division of Social Sciences

Division of Social Sciences by the Numbers

  • The Social Sciences Division is one of the two largest Divisions in Arts & Sciences at Brandeis.
  • The Division includes 20 Departments and Programs that award BA, MA and PhDs.
  • In the Fall 2023, the Division included 137 faculty.
  • In Fall 2023 the Division had 102 enrolled graduate students in MA, MBA, MED and PhD programs.
  • Three of the five largest undergraduate majors awarding degrees in 2023 were in the social sciences.
  • The Division awarded just over half of all undergraduate majors from 2019-2023 and 56% of all minors from 2019-2023.
  • About one-quarter of all university faculty in Fall 2023 were in the social sciences.
  • In Fall 2023 about 55% of social science faculty are in tenured or tenure track positions.