2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Linguistics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 150 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great linguistics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the linguistics 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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Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree linguistics students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485.

Read more about Linguistics at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston University Linguistics Report

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Linguistics at University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

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