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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$30,967 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,973 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, general education students earned 1,285 degrees and certificates from a Massachusetts school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

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The Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network the best value school in Massachusetts for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $23,510 per year.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also made our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on General Education at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. AIC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at AIC are $12,717 a year.

Full General Education at American International College Report

#3

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lesley University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Lesley graduate students pay an average of $19,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Education at Lesley University

Out of the 6 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boston.

UMass Boston graduate students pay an average of $18,938 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Education at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 6 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

Read full report on General Education at Harvard University

#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

Boston U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 368
Maine 151
Vermont 137
New Hampshire 319
Rhode Island 64

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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