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The Best Master's Degrees is a comprehensive online resource for students attending or planning to enroll in graduate-level college programs. Our free guides and rankings cover degree subjects and concentrations, tuition and fees, financial aid options, and other areas of interest for master's degree students. We also offer in-depth profiles of industries and careers for candidates with master's degrees in different fields.
We understand the need for unbiased, data-driven information when searching for a suitable master's program. For this reason, The Best Master's Degrees is fully committed to editorial independence and transparency. Our expert fact-finders curate content from reliable sources to provide readers with program recommendations based on financial standing, career objectives, and other individual factors.
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To generate the rankings on The Best Master's Degrees, we evaluate each college and university based on dozens of factors. These include tuition costs for online and brick-and-mortar students, admission and graduation rates, student resources, and average course sizes. Once we have completed our assessments, we give each school an aggregate score, which is then used to determine the order of our rankings.
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