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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia

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

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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 365,980 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.

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” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Georgia

#1

Clayton State University

Morrow, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia list. This medium-sized school is located in Morrow, Georgia, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Clayton State University also made our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Clayton State University is $10,918 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students.

Read more about 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. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Middle Georgia State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. It costs about $10,116 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students per year to attend Middle Georgia State University.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Middle Georgia State University

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

UGA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of Georgia

#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 #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia. ABAC Tifton is a small public school situated in Tifton, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students list, ABAC Tifton has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is $6,933 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students.

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#5

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Valley State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, this small public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students list, Fort Valley State University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $13,650 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students per year to attend Fort Valley State University.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Fort Valley State University

#6

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Mercer University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mercer University is $21,464 for georgia bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

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%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Mercer University

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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