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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Michigan, there were 14,373 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,542 and $14,870 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$25,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students list, UM Dearborn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$24,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students list, Oakland has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland are $24,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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