2023 Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 205,984 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #6 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the New England Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Framingham State University to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public college with a small student population.
Framingham State undergraduate students pay an average of $17,460 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 51 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Williams College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Williams is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamstown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Williams are $59,660 a year.
Williams also took the #4 spot in our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.
Out of the 51 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 3 spot on the list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SNHU are $15,380 a year.
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Out of the 51 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Dartmouth are $60,648 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dartmouth is ranked #3 for overall quality for social sciences in the New England Region .
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowdoin College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the fringe town of Brunswick, Bowdoin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Bowdoin undergraduate students pay an average of $58,322 in tuition and fees each year.
Bowdoin also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.
Yale University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree social sciences programs. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Yale undergraduate students pay an average of $59,950 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Yale also did well on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Worcester State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree social sciences programs. Worcester State is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Worcester State are $16,666 a year.
Central Connecticut State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCSU are $24,946 a year.
Amherst College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree social sciences programs. Amherst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Amherst.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amherst are $61,150 per year.
Amherst excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
Harvard University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.
Harvard excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
Best Social Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best social sciences colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1,458 |
| Maine | 933 |
| Rhode Island | 1,124 |
| Massachusetts | 8,752 |
| Connecticut | 2,891 |
| Vermont | 769 |
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Social Sciences Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| Sociology | 38,475 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
| Anthropology | 11,415 |
| Criminology | 11,039 |
| Geography & Cartography | 8,526 |
| Other Social Sciences | 2,414 |
| Urban Studies | 1,507 |
| Sociology & Anthropology | 541 |
| Archeology | 339 |
| Demography & Population Studies | 88 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools 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).
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