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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 2,557 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,485 and $14,586 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#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 Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 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 Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan U are $59,106, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. Albertus Magnus College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

Albertus Magnus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus are $21,304, 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 $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• 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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