2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
607General Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general social sciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #44 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general social sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 607 degrees in general social sciences annually.
Your choice of general social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The general social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general social sciences degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in general social sciences needs to take a look at Essex County College. Essex is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #375 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Essex is a great college overall.
There were roughly 113 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Essex in the most recent year we have data available.
Ramapo College of New Jersey is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general social sciences. Located in the large suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 18th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 66 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Ramapo College in the most recent data year.
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Brookdale Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general social sciences. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Lincroft. This college ranks 31st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 303 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Brookdale Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Thomas Edison State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general social sciences. TESU is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Trenton. A Best Colleges rank of #516 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means TESU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 101 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at TESU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of general social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
