2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Maryland, there were 2,369 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 35 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

St John's College

Annapolis, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$19,316 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. Annapolis, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

St. John’s Annapolis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s Annapolis are $19,316.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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