2024 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

a bachelor's degree in general social sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 391 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Social Sciences School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of general social sciences for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general social sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general social sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt general social sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Social Sciences Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general social sciences students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Sciences

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

186 Annual Graduates

$42,926 Median Starting Salary

$19,937 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences needs to look into Harvard University. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general social sciences program at Harvard University get $10,654 more than the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Harvard University

2

Providence College
Providence, RI

15 Annual Graduates

Providence College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Providence College

3

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

129 Annual Graduates

$33,311 Median Starting Salary

$35,354 Median Student Debt

Southern New Hampshire University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Manchester.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career income of $33,311.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Southern New Hampshire University

4

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

3 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences needs to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Massachusetts - Boston

4

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

2 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Boston College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general social sciences. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Boston College

5

Assumption University
Worcester, MA

2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Worcester, Assumption is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Assumption University

6

Westfield State University
Westfield, MA

Westfield is a small public university located in the suburb of Westfield.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Westfield State University

7

Albertus Magnus College
New Haven, CT

3 Annual Graduates

Albertus Magnus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Albertus Magnus College

8

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

4 Annual Graduates

$24,316 Median Starting Salary

UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the social sciences program state that they receive average early career wages of $24,316.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Bridgeport

Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	196
Connecticut	183	14
New Hampshire	157	138
Rhode Island	157	22
Maine	156	5
Vermont	155	16

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Sciences

General Social Sciences is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Social Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences	391

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	4,820
Political Science & Government	3,711
Sociology	1,710
International Relations & National Security	872
Anthropology	645
Geography & Cartography	222
Other Social Sciences	197
Urban Studies	78
Sociology & Anthropology	49
Archeology	17

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui). More about our data sources and methodologies.