2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albertus Magnus College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k 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 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 are $21,304.

Full Albertus Magnus Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

Wesleyan U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan U are $59,106, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Wesleyan U

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $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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