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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the New England Region

4 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Education is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,064 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,456 and had an average of $33,666 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 603 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,180 and $33,084 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 other education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The other education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the New England Region

#1

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clark, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $28,805 for new england region bachelor’s degree other education students per year to attend Clark University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Education at Clark University

#2

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Holyoke College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. South Hadley, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other education degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree other education students list, Mt. Holyoke has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mount Holyoke College is $27,149 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Mt. Holyoke Other Education Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,259 for new england region bachelor’s degree other education students per year to attend Boston U.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Other Education at Boston University

#4

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other education students in 2019-2020.

Boston College also made our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Boston College is $35,899 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Education students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Other Education at Boston College

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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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