by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 278 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,249 and $25,178 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in other social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other social sciences.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. UMPI is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 10 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 30 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bard College at Simon’s Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Bard College at Simon’s Rock is a small school located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Williams College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Bennington College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Plymouth State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Rhode Island came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 10 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Boston University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Brown University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Brown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 4 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Castleton University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Castleton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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