by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 18,997 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,991 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 486 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,771 and $24,524 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree social sciences students.
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 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Roxbury Community College is a small school located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts that handed out 9 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Bay Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Massachusetts Bay Community College is a public institution located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Brockton, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Social Sciences at Roger Williams University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #5 spot on the list. New England College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henniker, New Hampshire. It awarded 2 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Assumption University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Assumption University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Fort Kent landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Fort Kent, Maine, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Middlesex Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Bedford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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