by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Worcester State University came in at #603 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
In addition, Worcester State took the #31 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
The total graduate student population at Worcester State is made up of 81.2% women and 18.8% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Worcester State, around 11.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.3% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,042 | $3,042 |
| Fees | $2,754 | $2,754 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Worcester State, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $63,626. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 9% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Worcester State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01602-2597 |
| Phone: | 508-929-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.worcester.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UnionUniversity/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UnionUniversity |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53.9% of the graduate students at Worcester State took at least one online course. For that same period, 36.3% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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