2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 17,837 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,141 and $23,412 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 237 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$16,754 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Canisius College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Canisius did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Canisius College is $16,754 for new york associate degree social sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Social Sciences at Canisius College

#2

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

#2 in overall quality

$13,334 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Empire State College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Saratoga Springs, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $13,334 for new york associate degree social sciences students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SUNY Empire State College.

Read full report on Social Sciences at SUNY Empire

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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