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

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 Kansas” 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 Kansas, there were 374 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,000 and $13,305 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that 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 general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas

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

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

#1

Fort Hays State University

Hays, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,376 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,402 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 187 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FHSU are $11,376.

Read more about General Education at Fort Hays State University

#2

Baker University

Baldwin City, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,844 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,055 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Baker University landed the #2 spot on the list. Baker is a small school located in Baldwin City, Kansas that handed out 70 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baker are $11,844, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Baker General Education Report

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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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