2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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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 the New England region, there were 11,153 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,163 and $16,578 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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 the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wesleyan U is a small school located in Middletown, Connecticut that handed out 20 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Wesleyan U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan U are $59,106, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Wesleyan U

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus College are $21,304.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k)

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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