2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana

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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 Indiana, there were 665 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,100 and $28,767 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 251 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,497 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 186 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus General Education Report

#2

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$11,633 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana. Purdue Northwest is a public institution located in Hammond, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University Northwest are $11,633, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Education at Purdue University Northwest

#3

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$12,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valparaiso University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Indiana list. Valparaiso, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Valpo also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Valparaiso University are $12,220.

Read full report on General Education at Valpo

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education

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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