2021 Best Other Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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204Bachelor's Degrees
$34,385Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Other Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Other Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in other social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other social sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Boston University has taken the #1 spot in this year's other social sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boston U has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. 4,032 of Boston U students are exclusively distance learners. 7,057 of Boston U students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Southern Maine. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Portland. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at University of Southern Maine is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,116 students at University of Southern Maine that take at least one class online. About 3,805 of the students at University of Southern Maine are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, URI has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at URI is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,504 students at URI that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,982 part time students in attendance at URI.
Other Social Sciences Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Other Social Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
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*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
References
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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