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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 6,505 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,675 and $13,710 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Kentucky” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

NKU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NKU are $17,358, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Kentucky University

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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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