2023 Best Value Colleges for Portuguese (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

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 Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Portuguese is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 86 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 22 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Portuguese. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Portuguese programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Portuguese 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 Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Portuguese (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

1

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$10,219 Average Net Price

$50,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 5 ’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.

Brown also made our “Best Portuguese Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Brown is $10,219 for New England Region Portuguese students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Portuguese at Brown University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$16,667 Average Net Price

$47,385 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Portuguese Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s Portuguese students in 2020-2021.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Portuguese Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $16,667 for New England Region Portuguese students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UMass Amherst.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Portuguese at UMass Amherst

• Best Value Colleges for Portuguese (Income $48-$75k)

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.

Credits

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