by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 205,984 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 8,881 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,983 and $23,797 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 74 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,931 and $13,427 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social sciences.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roxbury Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts list. This small school is located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Bay Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts. Massasoit Community College is located in Brockton, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. BHCC is a public institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Dean College landed the #5 spot on the list. Franklin, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Quinsigamond Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts list. Quinsigamond Community College is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #7, Cape Cod Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts list. Cape Cod Community College is a small public school situated in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Assumption University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts list. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Middlesex Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Massachusetts ranking, coming in at #9. Middlesex Community College is a public institution located in Bedford, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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