2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 21st most popular major in the country with 56,273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 538 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,088 and $19,710 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer and human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 29 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts

$17,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Framingham State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k. Framingham State University is a small public school situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Framingham State also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Framingham State are $17,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Framingham State Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#3

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$21,698 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 39 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Simmons also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons are $21,698, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Simmons

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (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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