2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 453 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,600 and $26,065 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 68 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree social sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$11,333 Average Net Price

$24,035 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roxbury Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Roxbury Community College is a small school located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts that handed out 10 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Roxbury Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $11,333 for New England Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Roxbury Community College.

Read more about General Social Sciences at Roxbury Community College

#2

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$27,136 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

RWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roger Williams University is $27,136 for New England Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Roger Williams University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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