2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 21st most popular major in the country with 56,273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 538 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,088 and $19,710 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family, consumer and human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human sciences 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 family, consumer and human sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 29 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tufts University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#2

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts

$17,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Framingham, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Framingham State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Framingham State are $17,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Framingham State University

#3

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$21,698 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #3 spot on the list. Simmons is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 39 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Simmons, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons are $21,698, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Simmons University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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