2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Indiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” ranking - to help you make that 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 Indiana, there were 9,832 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,796 and $21,603 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Indiana

#1

Indiana University - South Bend

South Bend, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - South Bend. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana. Indiana University - South Bend is a public institution located in South Bend, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Indiana University - South Bend did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - South Bend are $18,275.

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#2

Indiana University - Northwest

Gary, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Northwest. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana list. Located in Gary, Indiana, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Northwest, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Northwest are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$20,039 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Indiana. University of Southern Indiana is a public institution located in Evansville, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USI are $20,039, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USI Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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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