2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$36,456 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

RWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Roger Williams University is $36,456 for New England Region Associate Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

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 Over $110k)

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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