2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region 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.
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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Education
Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network the best value school in the New England Region 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 college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $23,510 a year.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American International College landed the # 2 spot on the list. AIC 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 graduate students at AIC are $12,717 a year.
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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 the New England Region list. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lesley are $19,050 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great value for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RIC are $17,834 a year.
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University of Rhode Island ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at URI are $29,774 a year.
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University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $36,485 per year.
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University of Maine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 a year.
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Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the 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 out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.
Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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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 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 averages are for the top 9 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).
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