2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Alabama, there were 870 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts 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 liberal arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#1

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$17,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 18 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

AUM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University at Montgomery are $17,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Auburn University at Montgomery Liberal Arts Report

#2

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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