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2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$5,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,285 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Education Associate Degree Colleges.

Best General Education Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Bunker Hill Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for general education students working on their associate degree. BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

BHCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

BHCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Education Associate 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 Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

Majors Similar to Education

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 values are for the top school 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.

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