2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the New England Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Photography is the 291st most popular major in the country with 2,438 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 294 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in photography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the photography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree photography students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s photography degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s photography students in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Photography at University of Hartford

#3

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$19,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lesley University is a small school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 2 masters’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Lesley also took the #4 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lesley are $19,050, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Photography at Lesley

#4

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$54,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 6 masters’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RISD are $54,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Photography at Rhode Island School of Design

#5

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

#5 in overall quality

$15,764 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 2 masters’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NEC are $15,764, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Photography at New England College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photography (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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