2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 140 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies 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 other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Lasell University

Newton, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$27,428 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lasell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Lasell is a small school located in Newton, Massachusetts that handed out 20 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lasell, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $27,428 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students with aid per year to attend Lasell.

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#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,093 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern University is $31,093 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Northeastern University Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#3

Curry College

Milton, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$27,739 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Curry College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Curry is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Curry did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend Curry is $27,739 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students with aid.

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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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