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2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
142 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 141,804 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,459 and $16,691 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 142 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 8 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CSUDH is a fairly large school located in Carson, California that handed out 12 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUDH also took the #7 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUDH are $17,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CSUN is located in Northridge, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSUN, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make more than $110k list, SDSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658.

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#4

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. MSMU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 10 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

MSMU also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Saint Mary’s University are $12,612.

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#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

SFSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SFSU are $17,944, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Oregon State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

Saint Mary’s College of California landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Saint Mary’s College of California is located in Moraga, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

SMC also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMC are $33,509, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Saint Mary’s College of California Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#8

Dominican University of California

San Rafael, California
#5 in overall quality

Dominican University of California ranked #8 on this year’s Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in San Rafael, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

DUofC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican University of California are $16,520, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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