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2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
436 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 487 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 436 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than 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 physician assistant program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 50 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tufts University Physician Assistant Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558.

Full Northeastern Physician Assistant Report

#3

Westfield State University

Westfield, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Westfield State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Westfield, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

Westfield also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Westfield are $6,696.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at Westfield State University

#4

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay Path University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bay Path University is a small school located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts that handed out 27 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Bay Path not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bay Path University are $19,235, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Springfield College is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

Springfield College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Springfield College are $33,535.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at Springfield College

#1 in overall quality

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 210 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $0-$30k list, MCPHS University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are $23,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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