2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting 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 Adult and Continuing Ed 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, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 34 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 1 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Connecticut Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (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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