2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 119,619 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree liberal studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 13 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at San Diego State University

#2

Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, California

#1 in overall quality

$33,509 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Saint Mary’s College of California is located in Moraga, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s College of California are $33,509.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts

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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