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2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 19,742 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States. 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 Massachusetts, there were 252 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,550 and $28,050 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality
$11,333 Average Net Price
$24,035 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roxbury Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Roxbury Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for Roxbury Community College is $11,333 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Social Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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%.

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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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