2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Nursing Practice is the 125th most popular major in the country with 7,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 352 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing practice 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 nursing practice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree nursing practice students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$6,012 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fitchburg State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fitchburg, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing practice degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Fitchburg State also made our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fitchburg State University are $6,012, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing Practice at Fitchburg State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k)

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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