2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

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In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. 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 District of Columbia, there were 120 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,600 and $35,075 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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.

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 general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$67,995 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 14 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Georgetown

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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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