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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$39,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

With 365,980 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 2,369 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The liberal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 35 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Johns Hopkins University Liberal Arts Report

#2

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k list. Annapolis, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. John’s Annapolis, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s Annapolis are $19,316, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts at St. John’s Annapolis

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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