2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Today's nursing 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 and bootcamps 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, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
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Our analysis found Endicott College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Endicott graduate students pay an average of $12,746 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Endicott. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Endicott is ranked #4 for overall quality in Massachusetts.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 62 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.
UMass Amherst does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 82% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UMass Amherst also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.
Out of the 10 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Lowell graduate students pay an average of $26,990 in tuition and fees each year.
UMass Lowell does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elms College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Elms College are $16,017 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Elms College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 37 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Simmons are $21,546 per year.
Since the graduate programs at Simmons are primarily online, it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Simmons not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.
With a ranking of #6, Boston College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 12 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Boston College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Boston College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.
Northeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.
Northeastern does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 29% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Northeastern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.
University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Boston are $36,485 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMass Boston does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network graduate students pay an average of $23,510 in tuition and fees each year.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $30,153 per year.
UMass Dartmouth does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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