2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 89 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African American studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #0 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

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#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 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 took the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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