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2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
88 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 23,605 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 16,869 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality humanities 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 humanities 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 Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

California State University - Dominguez Hills

Carson, California
#4 in overall quality
$17,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Carson, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s humanities degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

CSUDH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Dominguez Hills are $17,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

California State University - Northridge

Northridge, California
#2 in overall quality
$17,955 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. California State University - Northridge is located in Northridge, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSUN, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

SFSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality
$12,612 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Mount Saint Mary’s University is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s humanities degrees to qualified students.

MSMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MSMU are $12,612.

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#5

Dominican University of California

San Rafael, California
#3 in overall quality
$16,520 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University of California landed the #5 spot on the list. Dominican University of California is a small school located in San Rafael, California that handed out 9 masters’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

DUofC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DUofC are $16,520.

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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%.

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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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