2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income Over $110k) in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 120 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography 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 geography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree geography students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income Over $110k) in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s geography students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Geography at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k. Clark University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark also made our “Best Geography Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730.

Read full report on Geography at Clark

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income Over $110k)

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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