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

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 Minnesota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. 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 Minnesota, there were 6,056 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,521 and $14,692 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Minnesota”.

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

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

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

#1

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota. Metro State is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Metro State are $17,552.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Metro State

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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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