2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Medical Science School for You

Medical Science is the #186 most popular major in Massachusetts with 44 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical science 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 Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the medical science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Medical Science

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

35 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Massachusetts

$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

8 Degrees

#7 in Quality in Massachusetts

$63,000 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tufts excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts list.

Read full report on Medical Science at Tufts University

#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

1 Degrees

#10 in Quality in Massachusetts

$59,816 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Medical Science Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Medical Science at Boston University Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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