2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
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Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 38,838 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts 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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Northwest. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. IU Northwest is a public institution located in Gary, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
IU Northwest also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Northwest are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the #2 spot on the list. Indiana University - South Bend is located in South Bend, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
Indiana University - South Bend not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - South Bend are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #3 spot on the list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
Oakland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Evansville, Indiana, and it awarded 2 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.
USI also took the #6 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USI are $20,039.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.
UM Dearborn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Dearborn are $25,072, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #6, Western Illinois University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996.
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North Central College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Naperville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Central, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Central College are $15,822, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Union Institute & University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Union is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
Union not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union are $16,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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