2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology 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 Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Epidemiology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 2,180 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 343 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality epidemiology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the epidemiology 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 Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Epidemiology in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Harvard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 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 Epidemiology Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s epidemiology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Epidemiology Doctor’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 more about Epidemiology at Boston University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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