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

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In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 107 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,000 and $36,422 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UAB General Education Report

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 2 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

TROY also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Troy University are $16,156, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Education at Troy University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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