2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,359 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 181st most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 37 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality higher education/higher education administration 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 higher education/higher education administration 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 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree higher education/higher education administration students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

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#2

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 18 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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