2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Massachusetts (With Aid)

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 Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 341 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,267 and $25,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the arts and media management 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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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,631 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 41 degrees to qualified masters’s media management students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Boston U

#2

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$44,408 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berklee College of Music. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 75 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Berklee College of Music Arts & Media Management Report

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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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