2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the New England Region

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 “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 482 people earned their degree in multicultural and diversity studies, making the major the 305th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, multicultural and diversity studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,974 and had an average of $22,914 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 29 multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,343 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in multicultural and diversity studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in multicultural and diversity studies.

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Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the New England Region

1

Lesley University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

$49,343 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Lesley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Lesley Multicultural & Diversity Studies Report

2

Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

#9 overall quality in New England

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Multiculturalism Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 10 masters’s multiculturalism degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Multicultural & Diversity Studies at Tufts University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Multicultural & Diversity Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dillon White.