2022 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in Massachusetts (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Family and Community Services Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 48 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and community services 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 family and community services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$33,650 Average Net Price

$38,633 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Merrimack College landed the #1 spot on the list. Merrimack College is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 ’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Merrimack, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $33,650 for Massachusetts Family and Community Services students with aid per year to attend Merrimack College.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at Merrimack College

• Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Family & Community Services (With Aid)

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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