2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Indiana, there were 665 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,100 and $28,767 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 251 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,497 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 186 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at Indiana University - Bloomington

#3

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$11,633 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the #3 spot on the list. Hammond, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Northwest are $11,633, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue University Northwest General Education Report

#4

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$12,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valparaiso University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Valparaiso, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Valpo also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Valparaiso University are $12,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Valparaiso University General Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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