2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 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.

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 Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Minnesota

#1

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Metro State is a medium-sized public school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 3 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Metro State are $17,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Metropolitan State University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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