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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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 New Jersey, there were 10,421 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,230 and $15,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than 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 / sciences and humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - Camden

Camden, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$31,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Camden, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers Camden also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - Camden are $31,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, New Jersey

$20,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Wayne, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

William Paterson University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at William Paterson University are $20,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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