2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 19,742 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States. 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 68 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences in the New England Region

#1

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$11,489 Average Net Price

$24,035 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roxbury Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Roxbury Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $11,489 for New England Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students per year to attend Roxbury Community College.

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#2

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$36,456 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #2 spot on the list. RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

RWU also made our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Roger Williams University is $36,456 for New England Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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