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2022 Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k

2 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$41,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

African American Studies is the 394th most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 89 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in African American studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African American studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the African American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree african american studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income Over $110k) in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue African American Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 masters’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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  • 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%.

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  • *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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