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

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Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 14,701 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,856 and $15,588 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and 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 general studies 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 Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

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

#1

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$25,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URichmond, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URichmond are $25,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Richmond Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

$33,288 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,384 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Old Dominion University is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Old Dominion did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion University are $33,288, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Old Dominion

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (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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