2025 Best General Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
486General Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #44 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 486 degrees in general social sciences annually.
The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the New England Region.
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Best Schools for General Social Sciences in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of general social sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in General Social Sciences
Harvard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general social sciences. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 195 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Providence College if you wish to pursue a degree in general social sciences. Located in the city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 3rd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 6 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
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Southern New Hampshire University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general social sciences. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 156 general social sciences students who graduated with this degree at SNHU 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).
The general social sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Social Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall General Social Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
