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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,475 people earned their degree in urban studies/affairs, making the major the 341st most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 56 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies/affairs. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban studies/affairs 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 urban studies/affairs 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Urban Affairs 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 Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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

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

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 25 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Studies/Affairs at Tufts University

#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 Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Studies/Affairs 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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