2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Women’s Studies is the 254th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 318 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality women’s 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 women’s 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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The women’s studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

$52,060 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s women’s studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Brandeis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis are $52,060, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brandeis Women’s Studies Report

#2

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$26,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SCSU is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Connecticut State University are $26,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at SCSU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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