2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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 Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,475 people earned their degree in urban studies, making the major the 210th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, urban studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,971 and had an average of $24,376 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 56 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,200 and $41,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban studies students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban Studies at Tufts

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban Studies at Boston 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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