2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the New England Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,544 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 121 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in financial planning and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree financial planning students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Elms College

Chicopee, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$15,532 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elms College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Elms College is a small school located in Chicopee, Massachusetts that handed out 4 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Elms College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Elms College are $15,532, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

$40,992 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Bentley is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 3 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bentley, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bentley are $40,992, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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