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

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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Utah” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Utah, there were 209 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,140 and $17,775 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 186 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Utah” ranking analyzed 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree education students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Utah

#1

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$24,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,507 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school handed out 151 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Utah University are $24,548.

Read full report on General Education at Southern Utah University

#2

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$14,669 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,449 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 35 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Westminster College Utah are $14,669, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at Westminster College Utah

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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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