2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the New England Region

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

Visual Communications is the 161st most popular major in the country with 5,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 119 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Graphic Arts 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 Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual Communications at Northeastern

#2

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s graphic arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

CCSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCSU are $26,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual Communications at Central Connecticut State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications

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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