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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$13,298 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,608 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

With 28 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general social sciences is the #95 most popular major in New Jersey.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges.

Best General Social Sciences School

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ
$13,298 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in New Jersey for general social sciences students. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.

Montclair State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,298 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Social Sciences at Montclair State University Report

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 52
Pennsylvania 19
Maryland 66

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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