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2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Sociology & Anthropology is the 268th most popular major in the country with 498 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sociology and anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,000 and had an average of $22,047 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 35 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sociology and anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology and anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sociology and anthropology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology & Anthropology in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology and anthropology students in 2019-2020.

UMass Dartmouth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UMass Dartmouth is $18,503 for new england region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students with aid.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at UMass Dartmouth

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Connecticut State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Danbury, Connecticut. It awarded 6 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Western Connecticut State University is $18,215 for new england region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students with aid.

Full WestConn Sociology & Anthropology Report

#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Keene State is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 1 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $19,394 for new england region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students with aid per year to attend Keene State College.

Read full report on Sociology & Anthropology at Keene State

#4

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #4 spot on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 4 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RWU is $36,456 for new england region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sociology & Anthropology at RWU

#5

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sociology and anthropology students in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $38,869 for new england region bachelor’s degree sociology & anthropology students with aid per year to attend Fairfield U.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Fairfield U Sociology & Anthropology Report

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Notes and References

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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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