2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 Ohio, there were 11,811 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,912 and $20,242 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also 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 / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in Ohio

#1

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#2

Union Institute & University

Cincinnati, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$16,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Union Institute & University landed the #2 spot on the list. Union is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 14 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Union did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union are $16,868, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Tiffin University

Tiffin, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$13,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tiffin University landed the #3 spot on the list. Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tiffin, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tiffin University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tiffin University are $13,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

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