2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

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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 Kentucky, there were 6,505 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,675 and $13,710 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. NKU is a fairly large school located in Highland Heights, Kentucky that handed out 11 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NKU are $17,358, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NKU Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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