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 19 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.