2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 10,421 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,230 and $15,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 New Jersey”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - Camden

Camden, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$31,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Camden. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey. Rutgers Camden is located in Camden, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers Camden, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers Camden are $31,338, 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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