2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing practice 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 nursing practice program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$6,012 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fitchburg State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.

Fitchburg State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice 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 Fitchburg State are $6,012.

Read full report on Nursing Practice at Fitchburg State

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

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