2024 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Massachusetts
4Colleges in Massachusetts
285Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
$46,347Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 285 degrees in general social sciences during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in Massachusetts
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the social sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Harvard University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 195 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the social sciences program earn around $42,926 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Massachusetts - Boston is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #433 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Boston is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Assumption University if you want to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Assumption is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 50th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 2 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Assumption in the most recent data year.
Westfield State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. Westfield is a small public university located in the large suburb of Westfield. This university ranks 33rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 3 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Westfield in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
