2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Kansas, there were 374 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,000 and $13,305 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas master’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Kansas

#1

Fort Hays State University

Hays, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,376 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,402 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hays, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 187 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FHSU are $11,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Fort Hays State University General Education Report

#2

University of Saint Mary

Leavenworth, Kansas

$11,124 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Mary landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and it awarded 5 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our kansas master’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of St. Mary has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Saint Mary are $11,124.

Read more about General Education at University of Saint Mary

#3

Baker University

Baldwin City, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,844 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,055 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Baker University is a small school located in Baldwin City, Kansas that handed out 70 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baker, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baker University are $11,844, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at Baker University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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