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

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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 Missouri, there were 10,007 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,115 and $16,130 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 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 Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree liberal arts students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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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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