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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 31,703 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,800 and $15,275 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 4 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112.

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#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#4 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Baker University

Baldwin City, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$11,844 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Baldwin City, Kansas, and it awarded 11 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baker, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baker University are $11,844, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #4 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Metro State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Metropolitan State University are $17,552.

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• 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.

Credits

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