2022 Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 145 people earned their degree in labor studies, making the major the 995th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 26 labor studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 labor studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent labor studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the labor studies 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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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 in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree labor studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor Studies in the New England Region

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #1 spot in our “Best Labor Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Studies 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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