2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,267 people earned their degree in African American studies, making the major the 394th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 89 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality African American studies 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 African American studies 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 African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree african american studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University African American Studies Report

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #2 spot in our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on African American Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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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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