2022 Best Value Art History Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting 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 Art History Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,716 people earned their degree in art history, making the major the 175th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 204 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the art history 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 Art History Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree art history students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Art History in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art History Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Harvard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Art History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Art History at Harvard University

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Art History Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s art history students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Art History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Art History at Boston U

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Art History in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Art History (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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