2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 Minnesota, there were 6,056 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,521 and $14,692 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in Minnesota

#1

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Metro State is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 3 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Metropolitan State University are $17,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Metropolitan State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k)

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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