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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$17,045 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 279 degrees and certificates were awarded to social sciences students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

Check out the social sciences master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Sciences

Our analysis found Central Connecticut State University to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Connecticut. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CCSU are $12,848 a year.

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#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Connecticut. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Yale graduate students pay an average of $45,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Yale also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Connecticut. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $13,321 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCONN are $20,325 a year.

UCONN also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #4.

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#5

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

UBridgeport graduate students pay an average of $21,686 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,789
Rhode Island 105
New Hampshire 138
Maine 37
Vermont 85

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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