2026 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey
[Other Social Sciences](/majors/social-sciences/other-social-sciences/social-sciences-other/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools to find the best return on investment for other social sciences students.
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2026 Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the other social sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Other Social Sciences Schools
Rutgers University New Brunswick tops our 2026 list of the best value other social sciences schools in New Jersey. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers University New Brunswick is a very large public university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $17,929, compared with $37,441 for out-of-state students. Other Social Sciences graduates carry a median of $25,000 in student loans. Early-career other social sciences graduates make about $51,753. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 58%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 6 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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 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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