2024 Best General Social Sciences Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
270General Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #44 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 270 degrees in general social sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in Massachusetts
The schools below may not offer all types of general social sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Massachusetts Schools in General Social Sciences
Any student who is interested in general social sciences has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 188 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general social sciences has to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. UMass Boston is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #433 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Boston is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent data year.
Assumption University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general social sciences. Assumption is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Worcester. This university ranks 50th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 3 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Assumption in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general social sciences needs to check out Westfield State University. Located in the suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 33rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.More information about a degree in general social sciences from Westfield State University
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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).
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The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
