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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
176 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” 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 Georgia, there were 6,428 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 176 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,656 and $26,705 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 liberal arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

Clayton State University

Morrow, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clayton State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid. Clayton State University is a medium-sized school located in Morrow, Georgia that handed out 91 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Clayton State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clayton State University is $10,918 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students with aid.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Clayton State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid. Middle Georgia State University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Middle Georgia State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Middle Georgia State University is $10,116 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students with aid.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Middle Georgia State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

ABAC Tifton also took the #5 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $6,933 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students with aid per year to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Read more about Liberal Arts at ABAC Tifton

#4

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of Georgia

#5

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Valley State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Fort Valley State University is a public institution located in Fort Valley, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fort Valley State University also made our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Fort Valley State University is $13,650 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students with aid.

Full Fort Valley State University Liberal Arts Report

#6

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Mercer University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid ranking. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercer, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mercer is $21,464 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Mercer Liberal Arts Report

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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