{"id":16108,"date":"2016-03-14T20:49:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:49:03","slug":"make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

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<\/a>, March 14, 2016)\n<\/p>\n

Source: Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"#525250","story_headerImg":-1,"section_label":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[441],"displayed_author":[324],"featured":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-16108","story","type-story","status-publish","hentry","category-blogs","displayed_author-clark-news-and-media-relations"],"yoast_head":"\nMake Central Mass. the affordable college capital | ClarkU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ClarkU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T18:49:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/14\\\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/14\\\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\\\/\",\"name\":\"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital | ClarkU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-14T20:49:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T18:49:03+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/14\\\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/16108#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/16108\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital | ClarkU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital","og_description":"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 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/","og_site_name":"ClarkU News","article_modified_time":"2025-04-04T18:49:03+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/","name":"Make Central Mass. the affordable college capital | ClarkU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-03-14T20:49:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-04T18:49:03+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/14\/make-central-mass-the-affordable-college-capital\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/16108#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ClarkU News","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/16108"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/","name":"ClarkU News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/16108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/16108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16108"},{"taxonomy":"displayed_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/displayed_author?post=16108"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=16108"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=16108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}