2025 Best Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region
56Colleges in the New England Region
16,101Social Sciences Degrees Awarded
$40,688Avg Early-Career Salary
Social Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #5 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 56 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for social sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 16,101 degrees in social sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Social Sciences in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of social sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top New England Region Schools in Social Sciences
Harvard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in social sciences. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1007 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social sciences program at Harvard University earn $38,152 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Every student who is interested in social sciences needs to check out Dartmouth College. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were about 415 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social sciences major at Dartmouth College get $35,520 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Brown University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in social sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 526 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Social Sciences degree recipients from Brown University receive an earnings boost of about $18,847 over the typical earnings of social sciences graduates.
It's hard to beat Boston College if you want to pursue a degree in social sciences. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chestnut Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were about 668 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent year we have data available. Social Sciences degree recipients from Boston College receive an earnings boost of about $21,678 above the average earnings of social sciences graduates.
Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 631 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year. Those social sciences students who get their degree from Yale University make $28,836 more than the average social sciences student.
Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 790.9999999999999 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year. Social Sciences degree recipients from Tufts University get an earnings boost of approximately $27,488 over the average earnings of social sciences graduates.
Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 1123 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Social Sciences degree recipients from Boston University earn a boost of around $7,449 above the average earnings of social sciences majors.
Located in the town of Williamstown, Williams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 220 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Williams in the most recent data year. Those social sciences students who get their degree from Williams College earn $29,750 more than the typical social sciences student.
Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 473.00000000000006 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social sciences major at Northeastern University earn $19,890 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were approximately 853 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available. Those social sciences students who get their degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst make $4,979 more than the average social sciences grad.
Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 829 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Those social sciences students who get their degree from University of Connecticut receive $4,244 more than the average social sciences graduate.
Here are some additional great schools for Social Sciences students in the New England Region that almost earned our Best Social Sciences Schools in the New England Region award.
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 social sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Social Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
