2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Programming Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,756 people earned their degree in computer programming, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,886 and had an average of $26,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 194 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,300 and $38,738 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer programming programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer programming program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$52,060 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Programming Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s programming students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandeis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis University are $52,060, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computer Programming at Brandeis

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