Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital

At or near the top of the long list of what makes Central Massachusetts an attractive alternative to other areas of the state and the country is its affordability. The WPI ranking comes on the heels of Anna Maria College and Quinsigamond Community College creating a $40,000 program for first responders and social workers to get bachelor’s degrees; Clark University, WPI and College of the Holy Cross landing in the top 200 of The Princeton Review’s “2016 Colleges That Pay Your Back” book; Clark and Mount Wachusett Community College partnering to help MWCC students obtain affordable bachelor’s degrees at Clark; and Nichols College freezing tuition for the next fall semester. (Worcester Business Journal, March 14, 2016)