by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 197,356 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $36,428 and had an average of $22,588 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 16,101 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,063 and $23,272 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 140 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 26 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree social sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roxbury Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Roxbury Community College is a small public school situated in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Bay Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Massachusetts Bay Community College is located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Massasoit Community College is located in Brockton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 32 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlesex Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Middletown, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tunxis Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region. Tunxis Community College is a small school located in Farmington, Connecticut that handed out 5 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Housatonic Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Bunker Hill Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Bunker Hill Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 22 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Northwestern Connecticut Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Northwestern Connecticut Community College is located in Winsted, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Manchester Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Manchester, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, Three Rivers Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Located in Norwich, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Dean College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Dean College is a small school located in Franklin, Massachusetts that handed out 5 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Roger Williams University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Quinsigamond Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Naugatuck Valley Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social sciences degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Cape Cod Community College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Cape Cod Community College is located in West Barnstable, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
New England College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #17, Norwalk Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Located in Norwalk, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Assumption University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #18. Worcester, Massachusetts 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 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Quinebaug Valley Community College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Danielson, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s social sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #19, Central Maine Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school situated in Auburn, Maine. It awarded 0 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #19, Capital Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Capital Community College is a small public school situated in Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 1 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, University of Maine at Fort Kent did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public institution located in Fort Kent, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Connecticut landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 829 associates’s social sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Asnuntuck Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Asnuntuck Community College is located in Enfield, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Gateway Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Gateway Community College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 associates’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #19, Middlesex Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Middlesex Community College is a public institution located in Bedford, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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