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2023 Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$40,046 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,296 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 188 degrees and certificates were awarded to history students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for history 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 History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the history doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in History

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Our analysis found Boston College to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 6 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a very 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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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 6 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

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#6

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

With a ranking of #6, Brandeis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.

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Best Value History Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value History Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 42
Connecticut 85
New Hampshire 228
Maine 5
Vermont 71

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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