2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 36,493 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,189 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality individualized studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the individualized studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree individualized studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Baker University

Baldwin City, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,844 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Baker University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baldwin City, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s individualized studies students in 2019-2020.

Baker also made our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baker University are $11,844, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Individualized Studies at Baker

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies (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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