2021 Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 26 colleges that offer a bachelor's in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying social sciences.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Boston College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional social sciences students. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston College also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 6,590 students take at least one class online at Boston College. 1,916 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. About 6,786 of the students at UMass Amherst are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Boston University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Boston U is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. 4,032 students at Boston U are exclusively online. About 7,057 of the students at Boston U are attending part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 students are part time.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,355 part time students in attendance at UNH.
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Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts - Boston as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. 4,332 students are part time.
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Northeastern University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 7,987 students take at least one class online at Northeastern. About 1,267 of the students at Northeastern are attending part time.
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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at UMass Dartmouth is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. 1,514 students at UMass Dartmouth are exclusively online. About 2,061 of the students at UMass Dartmouth are attending part time.
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Framingham State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. 1,621 students at Framingham State are exclusively online. About 1,657 of the students at Framingham State are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Southern Maine as the #10 school in this year's rankings. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.
The student loan default rate at University of Southern Maine is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,116 students at University of Southern Maine that take at least one class online. 3,805 of University of Southern Maine students are attending part time.
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