2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Sciences Doctor'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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor'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.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Yale University the best value school in the New England Region for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Yale are $45,700 a year.
Yale did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the New England Region . Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
Harvard also made our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
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Out of the 15 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the New England Region . Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Tufts also did well on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Brown University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.
Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a large public school located in the suburb of Durham.
UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree social sciences programs. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.
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Boston University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.
Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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Request InformationBest 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 Related Majors for Social Sciences
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 15 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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