2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 10 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent science, technology and society programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science, technology and society program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Doctor’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 MIT are $56,719.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society (Income $0-$30k)

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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