2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid

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General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 1,449 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,480 and $22,113 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 144 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in New York (With Aid)

#1

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$19,222 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canisius College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Canisius College is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Canisius also made our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Canisius College is $19,222 for new york associate degree social sciences students with aid.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Canisius College

#2

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

#2 in overall quality

$12,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Empire State College is a fairly large school located in Saratoga Springs, New York that handed out 3 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Empire is $12,142 for new york associate degree social sciences students with aid.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at SUNY Empire

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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