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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

11 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 594 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,067 and $32,218 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1

Manhattanville College

Purchase, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattanville College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Purchase, New York, and it awarded 18 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Manhattanville also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Manhattanville College are $17,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Canisius did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Canisius College are $15,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

St Lawrence University

Canton, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Lawrence University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k. St Lawrence University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Canton, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Lawrence, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Lawrence are $21,932.

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#4

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Vestal, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Binghamton University also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, New York
#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercy College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercy, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercy are $17,486, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, New York

University at Albany landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Albany are $25,225.

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#7

Russell Sage College

Troy, New York

Russell Sage College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Russel Sage is a small school located in Troy, New York that handed out 1 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Russel Sage did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Russel Sage are $13,190, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

University at Buffalo landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 30 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Le Moyne College

Syracuse, New York

Le Moyne College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 6 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

LeMoyne did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LeMoyne are $17,034.

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#10

Elmira College

Elmira, New York

Elmira College landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Elmira College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elmira, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Elmira not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Elmira College are $16,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Elmira General Education Report

#11

Adelphi University

Garden City, New York

Adelphi University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 46 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Adelphi, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adelphi University are $43,950, 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.

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