2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting 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 Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 1,070 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications 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.

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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 Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree communication arts students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communications at Boston U

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Clark University is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 95 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.

Clark also took the #2 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark University are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clark University Communications Report

#3

Regis College

Weston, Massachusetts

$38,850 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Weston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communication arts degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Regis College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regis College are $38,850, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Regis College Communications Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (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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