2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

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 African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

African American Studies is the 394th most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 165 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality African American studies 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 African American studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree african american studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s African American studies degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.

Read full report on African American Studies at Yale

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University African American Studies Report

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s African American studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on African American Studies at UMass Amherst

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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