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2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$57,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 19,542 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 243 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and 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 general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

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

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s general social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Boston U also made our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

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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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