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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Massachusetts
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts
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Our 2023 rankings named FINE Mortuary College the most popular school in Massachusetts for trade school students working on their associate degree. Located in Norwood, Massachusetts, the very small private for-profit school awarded 29 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
FINE Mortuary College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $20,945. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $28,722 in student loans. Around 69% of those degree recipients were women.
Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Fisher College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Fisher College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 41 associate degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees at Fisher College is $34,150. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $16,058 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Around 57% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cambridge College is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree. Cambridge College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 26 associate degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 96% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 66% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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.