2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution in the New England Region

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 Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution is the 390th most popular major in the country with 1,213 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 83 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in peace studies and conflict resolution. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent peace studies and conflict resolution programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the peace studies and conflict resolution 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 19 masters’s conflict resolution degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also made our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

Read more about Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution at UMass Lowell

#2

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$52,060 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Waltham, Massachusetts. It awarded 29 masters’s conflict resolution degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandeis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis University are $52,060, 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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