2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Connecticut, there were 1,163 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k. Wesleyan University is a small school located in Middletown, Connecticut that handed out 20 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Wesleyan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan University are $59,106, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Wesleyan University

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albertus Magnus College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k. Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus also took the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus College are $21,304.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Albertus Magnus

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (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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