You can only go to one.
We went to Clark and loved and was lukewarm on Connecticut. That’s reason enough right there to eliminate Connecticut.
With a social science degree, outcomes will range from difficult to grad school (more money). None of these schools will make a difference in that regard and it’s likely your student’s hustle will be what lands them a job or not.
At Clark, in their last CDS ( a few years old), 443 of 629 were awarded need aid and 178 merit aid. Compare that vs. a Tufts, for example, where far less than half get need aid. When you say socio economic diversity, there you go.
At Connecticut, it’s 255 of 451 get need aid. And 206 merit aid - so obviously some are getting both. But you don’t like the school - so get rid of it.
Skidmore was 406/666 but only two got merit aid.
Dickinson 422/646 and 197 got merit aid.
I’d eliminate CC - but I’ll let others answer but I suspect the student would prefer Dickinson over Skidmore if they liked Clark.
Not sure where you are but Dickinson is not “that far” - it’s 6 hours from Clark.
Distance is a personal thing.
Good luck.