2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts

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 Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,550 people earned their degree in nursing practice, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 352 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing practice programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$6,012 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Fitchburg State is a medium-sized public school situated in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fitchburg State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fitchburg State are $6,012, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nursing Practice at Fitchburg State University

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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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