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2022 Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
101 Degrees Awarded
$45,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,015 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 935 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $22,458 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also cost less that 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 philosophy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #0 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #2 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tufts University Philosophy Report

#6

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Brandeis University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandeis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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