2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the New England Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the New England region, there were 453 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,600 and $26,065 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and 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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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Boston U

#2

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$17,916 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

RWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RWU are $17,916, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at RWU

• Best Value Master’s 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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