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2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

5 Ranked Colleges
139 Degrees Awarded
$27,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 196 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 139 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in higher education/higher education administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent higher education/higher education administration programs, but they also 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 higher education/higher education administration program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Massachusetts

#1

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salem State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2019-2020.

Salem State also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salem State are $10,477, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Salem State University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

#2

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bay Path is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bay Path, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bay Path University are $19,235, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bay Path University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It awarded 36 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. North Andover, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

Merrimack not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack College are $31,296, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Merrimack College Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

#5

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 15 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Suffolk are $40,238.

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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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