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One Silber Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000
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300 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5898
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179 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5896
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400 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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8 Ashburton Pl Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2770
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200 the Riverway, Boston, Massachusetts 02215-4176
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118 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, Massachusetts 02125-3393
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178 Tremont St 7th Fl, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-1093
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250 New Rutherford Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02129-2925
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Boston, MA (population: 610,407) has eleven social science schools within its city limits. Boston University, the highest ranked school in the city with a social science program, has a total student population of 31,960. It is the 32nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Massachusetts (#1 is Harvard University). To learn more about social science programs in Boston, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of social science professors at Boston University such as Loren Anderson, Theresa Brainerd, Kenneth Brecher, Peter Busher, Michael Clancy, and John Clarke.

Social Science students from Boston schools who go on to become social scientists, legislators, politicians, professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 29,250 people working as social scientists and related workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,450. Also, Sociologists make on average $76,190 per year and there are about 4,430 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are 230 employed sociologists earning an average salary of $68,420. Social scientists and related workers in this area earn $83,540/yr and there are 290 employed.

Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.174 out of every 1000 jobs in Boston are held by social scientists and related workers, and 0.136/1000 are held by sociologists.

Of the 11 social science schools in Boston, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr) for social science students, with Bunker Hill Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,745/yr.

Social Science Programs in Boston


Boston University
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
  • Social Sciences, General
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Social Sciences, Other
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Northeastern University
  • Social Science Teacher Education
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD
Simmons College
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
Emmanuel College
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Suffolk University
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
  • Social Sciences, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
University of Massachusetts-Boston
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
  • Social Sciences, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Bunker Hill Community College
  • Social sciences
    Levels offered: Associates

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