2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Alabama, there were 6,810 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,778 and $16,727 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The liberal arts / sciences & humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama 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 Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$17,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #1 spot on the list. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

AUM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University at Montgomery are $17,812.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at AUM

#2

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Jacksonville, Alabama, and it awarded 7 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Jacksonville State University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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