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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$30,024 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 8,936 degrees and certificates from a Massachusetts school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 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.

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network graduate students pay an average of $23,510 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is ranked #4 for overall quality for education in Massachusetts.

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#2

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Endicott College is a great value for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Beverly.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Endicott are $12,746 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. AIC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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

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#4

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lesley University is a great value for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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

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Out of the 14 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

UMass Lowell graduate students pay an average of $15,210 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $16,251 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

With a ranking of #7, Boston College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston College are $32,722 a year.

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#8

Simmons University

Boston, MA

Simmons University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Simmons is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Simmons are $21,546 a year.

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University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Boston are $18,938 a year.

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#9

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard also made our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Horadrim.

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