2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alabama (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Alabama For Those Getting Aid” 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 Alabama, there were 107 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,000 and $36,422 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree education students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UAB also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Troy, Alabama, and it awarded 2 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

TROY also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156.

Full Troy University General Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

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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