2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 25,582 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,558 and $15,080 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at MSU Bozeman

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (With Aid)

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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