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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Sciences Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,232 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 Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
It is hard to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a degree in social sciences. Located in the midsize 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 colleges 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 average earnings of social sciences graduates.
Every student pursuing a degree in social sciences has to check out Providence College. 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 approximately 170 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available. Those social sciences students who get their degree from Providence College make $12,138 more than the typical social sciences grad.
It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a degree in social sciences. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 346 social sciences students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, social sciences degree recipients generally earn an average of $37,767 in their early careers.
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.
