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2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

24 Colleges
$39,619 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,282 Avg Salary

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

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Fitchburg State University the best value school in the New England Region for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fitchburg State are $16,735 a year.

Full General Education at Fitchburg State University Report

#2

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Endicott College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly.

Endicott undergraduate students pay an average of $36,614 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Brown University

Providence, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Brown undergraduate students pay an average of $62,304 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brown is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in the New England Region .

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#3

Goddard College

Plainfield, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Plainfield, Goddard College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Goddard College undergraduate students pay an average of $19,147 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, education graduates from Goddard College carry an average student debtload of $26,690.

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Out of the 24 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. MCLA is a fairly small public school located in the town of North Adams.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCLA are $20,251 per year.

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#6

Springfield College

Springfield, MA

Springfield College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Springfield College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Springfield College are $39,720 a year.

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Southern New Hampshire University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

SNHU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,380 in tuition and fees each year.

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Salem State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Salem State are $18,480 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, education majors at Salem State accumulate an average of around $26,680 in student debt.

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#9

Stonehill College

Easton, MA

With a ranking of #9, Stonehill College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Stonehill is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Easton.

Stonehill undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in tuition and fees each year.

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Emmanuel College Massachusetts did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Emmanuel Boston is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Emmanuel Boston are $43,572 per year.

Full General Education at Emmanuel College Massachusetts Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,285
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.

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 24 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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