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

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master's in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Minnesota, there were 6,056 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,521 and $14,692 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies 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 general studies 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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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota 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 Minnesota

#1

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k list. Metro State is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Metro State are $17,552.

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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%.

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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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