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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Kentucky, there were 5,647 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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