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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree School for You

General Social Sciences is the #65 most popular major in New York with 1,113 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree School

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

Our analysis found SUNY Empire State College to be the best value school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a associate degree in New York. SUNY Empire is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Saratoga Springs.

SUNY Empire undergraduate students pay an average of $7,630 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SUNY Empire also made our Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #4.

Full General Social Sciences at SUNY Empire State College Report

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 265
Maryland 428
New Jersey 738
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 147

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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