2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor Studies (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Labor Studies is the 995th most popular major in the country with 145 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 labor studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in labor studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great labor studies programs and 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 labor studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor Studies (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

#3 in overall quality

$23,660 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Empire State College is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s labor studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Empire, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Labor Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Empire State College are $23,660, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Labor Studies at SUNY Empire

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s labor studies degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Labor Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. 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 more about Labor Studies at UMass Amherst

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

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