2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the New England Region (With Aid)

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 Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$59,106 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Middletown, Connecticut, and 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 the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wesleyan U are $59,106.

Full Wesleyan University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus are $21,304, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Albertus Magnus Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#3

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$20,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Plainfield, Vermont, and it awarded 11 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid list, Goddard College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Goddard College are $20,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Goddard College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (With Aid)

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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