2024 Best Other Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region
6Colleges in the New England Region
278Other Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
A degree in other social sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #263 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Other Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 278 degrees in other social sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of other social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The other social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Other Social Sciences in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other social sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top New England Region Schools in Other Social Sciences
Brown University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in other social sciences. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
Boston University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in other social sciences. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 78 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in other social sciences needs to look into Williams College. Williams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Williamstown. A Best Colleges rank of #68 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Williams is a great college overall.
There were about 9 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Williams in the most recent year we have data available.
Clark University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in other social sciences. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, Clark is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 45 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Clark in the most recent year we have data available.
UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst. This university ranks 11th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 26 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Portland. This university ranks 7th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 55 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent year we have data available.
URI is a large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 10 other social sciences students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
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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Your choice of other social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
