2024 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
8
Colleges in the New England Region
391
Bachelor's Degrees
General Social Sciences is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #72 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its 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.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
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. Important measures of a quality general social sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.
Our complete 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
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
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