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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$55,988 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,803 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 27 degrees and certificates were awarded to general social sciences students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #119 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree School

#1

Providence College

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Providence College the best value school in Rhode Island for general social sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Providence are $55,988 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, social sciences majors at Providence accumulate an average of around $23,235 in student debt.

Providence also took the #2 spot in our Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 259
Connecticut 21
New Hampshire 140
Maine 5
Vermont 16

General Social Sciences is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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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