2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Housing is the 310th most popular major in the country with 911 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,433 and had an average of $24,194 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in housing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent housing 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 housing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s housing degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476.

Full University of Georgia Housing Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

Read full report on Housing at Texas Tech

#3

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

Read full report on Housing at Mizzou

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Housing Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 10 masters’s housing degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Housing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Cornell Housing Report

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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